High Court Ordinance

(1)
The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record.
(2)
The civil jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist
of—
(a)
appeals from any judgment or order of the Court of First Instance in any
                    civil cause or matter;
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
(b)
appeals under
section 63
of the District Court Ordinance (
Cap. 336
); and
(c)
any other jurisdiction conferred on it by any law.
(3)
The criminal jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist
of—
(a)
appeals from the Court of First Instance or District Court under Part IV of
                    the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (
Cap. 221
);
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
(aa)
appeals from a judgment or order of the Court of First Instance given or
                    made in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under
section
                        21I(1)
and relating to a criminal cause or matter;
(Added
2 of 1993 s. 3
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
(b)
the consideration of questions of law reserved under
section
                        81(1)
of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (
Cap.
                        221
);
(c)
the consideration
of—
(i)
applications by the Secretary for Justice for the review of any
                        sentence under
section 81A(1)
of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance
                            (
Cap. 221
);
(ii)
references by the Secretary for Justice of questions of law under
section 81D
of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (
Cap. 221
);
(Replaced
20 of 1979 s. 10
. Amended
L.N. 362 of
                            1997
)
(d)
appeals by way of case stated from the District Court under
section
                        84
of the District Court Ordinance (
Cap.
                        336
); and
(e)
any other jurisdiction conferred on it by any law.
(4)
For the purposes of and incidental
to—
(a)
the hearing and determination of any appeal to the Court of Appeal;
                    and
(b)
the amendment, execution and enforcement of any judgment or order made on
                    such an appeal,
the Court of Appeal shall have all the authority and jurisdiction of the
                court or tribunal from which the appeal was brought.
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 9
)
[cf. 1981
                    c. 54 s. 15 U.K.]
(5)
Any provision in this or any other Ordinance which authorizes or requires the
                taking of any steps for the execution or enforcement of a judgment or order of the
                Court of First Instance applies in relation to a judgment or order of the Court of
                Appeal as it applies in relation to a judgment or order of the Court of First
                    Instance.
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 9
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)