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Criminal Procedure Code
[Rev. 2012]
340. Part payment after commitment
(1) If a person who is confined in prison for non-payment of a sum adjudged
by a court in its criminal jurisdiction to be paid under this Code or under any other
Act pays a sum in part satisfaction of the sum adjudged to be paid, the term of his
imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible
the same proportion to the total number of days for which that person is committed
as the sum so paid bears to the sum for which he is liable.
(2) The officer in charge of a prison in which a person is confined who is desirous
of taking advantage of the provisions of subsection (1) shall, on application being
made to him by the prisoner, at once take him before a court, and the court shall
certify the amount by which the term of imprisonment originally awarded is reduced
by the payment in part satisfaction, and shall make such order as is required in
the circumstances.
341. Who may issue warrant
A warrant for the execution of a sentence may be issued either by the judge or
magistrate who passed the sentence or by his successor in office.
342. Limitation of imprisonment for non-payment of fine, etc.
No commitment for non-payment shall be for a longer period than six months,
unless the law under which the conviction has taken place enjoins or allows a
longer period.
343. Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 89.
344. Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 89.
344A. Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 91.
345. Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 92.
DEFECTS IN ORDER OR WARRANT
346. Errors and omissions in orders and warrants
The court may at any time amend a defect in substance or in form in an order or
warrant, and no omission or error as to the time and place, and no defect in form in
an order or warrant given under this Code, shall be held to render void or unlawful
an act done or intended to be done by virtue of that order or warrant, provided
that it is therein mentioned, or may be inferred therefrom, that it is founded on a
conviction or judgment, and there is a valid conviction or judgment to sustain it.
PART XI – APPEALS APPEALS FROM SUBORDINATE COURTS
Appeals
347. Appeal to High Court
(1) Save as is in this Part provided—
(a) a person convicted on a trial held by a subordinate court of the first or
second class may appeal to the High Court; and
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