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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT – When objection to confessional statement is on the ground that it was not made as opposed to involuntariness – When trial within trial is required and when it is not required

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INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES – Amendment of an enactment – Whether Amendment of an enactment is retrospective or prospective – Distinction between retrospective and prospective enactment

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APPEAL – Preliminary Objection to an appeal – Need for Preliminary Objection* to an appeal to be taken before the substantive appeal*

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ELECTION PETITIONS – Time limit within which the Court can hear and dispose of an appeal in a pre-election matter – Retrospective applicability of Section 285 (12) of the 1999 Constitution

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COURT – Power of the Court of Appeal as provided for under Section 15 of the Court of Appeal Act – Power to make any order necessary to determine the real question in controversy in an appeal and to amend any defect or error in the record of appeal

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APPEAL – Reply Brief – Purpose of Reply Brief – Whether or not a Reply Brief is meant to improve on the quality of the argument in the Appellant’s brief

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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT – When objection to confessional statement is on the ground that it was not made as opposed to involuntariness – When trial within trial is required and when it is not required

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES – Amendment of an enactment – Whether Amendment of an enactment is retrospective or prospective – Distinction between retrospective and prospective enactment

APPEAL – Preliminary Objection to an appeal – Need for Preliminary Objection* to an appeal to be taken before the substantive appeal*

ELECTION PETITIONS – Time limit within which the Court can hear and dispose of an appeal in a pre-election matter – Retrospective applicability of Section 285 (12) of the 1999 Constitution

COURT – Power of the Court of Appeal as provided for under Section 15 of the Court of Appeal Act – Power to make any order necessary to determine the real question in controversy in an appeal and to amend any defect or error in the record of appeal

APPEAL – Reply Brief – Purpose of Reply Brief – Whether or not a Reply Brief is meant to improve on the quality of the argument in the Appellant’s brief

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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT – When objection to confessional statement is on the ground that it was not made as opposed to involuntariness – When trial within trial is required and when it is not required

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES – Amendment of an enactment – Whether Amendment of an enactment is retrospective or prospective – Distinction between retrospective and prospective enactment

APPEAL – Preliminary Objection to an appeal – Need for Preliminary Objection to an appeal to be taken before the substantive appeal

ELECTION PETITIONS – Time limit within which the Court can hear and dispose of an appeal in a pre-election matter – Retrospective applicability of Section 285 (12) of the 1999 Constitution

COURT – Power of the Court of Appeal as provided for under Section 15 of the Court of Appeal Act – Power to make any order necessary to determine the real question in controversy in an appeal and to amend any defect or error in the record of appeal

APPEAL – Reply Brief – Purpose of Reply Brief – Whether or not a Reply Brief is meant to improve on the quality of the argument in the Appellant’s brief

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EVIDENCE – Contradiction in Evidence – Position of the law as regards contradictions in evidence

EVIDENCE – Confessional Statement – The position of the law on a retracted confessional statement

EVIDENCE – Evidence of an Eye Witness – Status of the evidence of an eye witness

APPEAL – Preliminary Objection to an appeal – Need for Preliminary Objection* to an appeal to be taken before the substantive appeal*