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Criminal Appeal Act 1968
Ch. 1921

Part II.

(4) This section applies in relation to section 24(1) of the 1894 c. 71
(56 & 57 Vict.).
Sale of Goods Act 1893 (revesting of stolen property on conviction of thief) as it applies in relation to an order for the restitution of property; and without prejudice to the powers of the House of Lords under subsection (3) of this section, the said section 24 shall apply in any case where a conviction on indictment is restored by that House as it applies on the conviction of an offender.

Effect of appeal on sentence. 43.—(1) Where a person subject to a sentence is admitted to bail under section 36 or 37 of this Act, the time during which he is at large after being so admitted shall be disregarded in computing the term of his sentence.

(2) Subject to the foregoing subsection, any sentence passed on an appeal to the House of Lords in substitution for another sentence shall, unless that House or the Court of Appeal other- wise direct, begin to run from the time when the other sentence would have begun to run.

Powers of Court of Appeal under Part II which are exercisable by single judge. 44. The following powers of the Court of Appeal under this Part of this Act, that is to say the power—

(a) to extend the time for making an application for leave to appeal;
(b) to make an order for or in relation to bail; or
(c) to give leave for a person to be present at the hearing of any proceedings preliminary or incidental to an appeal,

may be exercised by a single judge, but where the judge refuses an application to exercise any of the said powers the applicant shall be entitled to have the application determined by the Court of Appeal.

Part III
Miscellaneous and General

Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal under this Act.
1966 c. 31.
45.—(1) Subject to rules of court made under section 1(5) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1966 (power by rules to distribute business of Court of Appeal between its civil and criminal divisions), all jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal under Part I or Part II of this Act shall be exercised by the criminal division of the Court; and references in those Parts to the Court of Appeal shall be construed accordingly as references to that division of the Court.