APPEALS TO HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL
122.- 1. An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to
Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases-
a. final decisions in any civil proceedings where the matter in dispute on the
appeal to Her Majesty in Council is of the prescribed value or upwards or where
the appeal involves directly or indirectly a claim to or question respecting
property or a right of the prescribed value or upwards;
b. final decisions in proceedings for dissolution or nullity of marriage;
c. final decisions in any civil or criminal proceedings which involve a
question as to the interpretation of this Constitution; and
d. such other cases as may be prescribed by Parliament.
2. Subject to the provision of section 44(8) of this Constitution, an appeal
shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council with
the leave of the Court of Appeal in the following cases-
a. decisions in any civil proceedings where in the opinion of the Court of
Appeal the question involved in the appeal is one that, by reason of its great
general or public importance or otherwise, ought to be submitted to Her Majesty
in Council; and
b. such other cases as may be prescribed by Parliament.
3. An appeal shall lie to Her Majesty in Council with the special leave of Her
Majesty from any decision of the Court of Appeal in any civil or criminal
matter.
4. Reference in this section to decisions of the Court of Appeal shall be
construed as references to decisions of the Court of Appeal in exercise of the
jurisdiction conferred upon that court by this Constitution or any other law
for the time being in force.
5. In this section the prescribed value means the value of fifteen hundred
dollars or such other value as may be prescribed by Parliament.
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