Section 6: Appeals by protected persons

6. Appeals by protected persons (1) Where a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been sentenced by a Court to penal servitude, the time allowed in relation to the institution of an appeal or an application for leave to appeal against the conviction or sentence shall, notwithstanding any other enactment, be the period from the date of his conviction, or in the case of an appeal against sentence, of his sentence, to the expiration of 28 days after the date on which the convicted person receives a notice that the protecting power has been notified of his conviction or sentence, being a notice given— (a) in the case of a protected prisoner of war, by the Minister; or (b) in the case of a protected internee, by or on behalf of the person in charge of the prison or place where he is detained. (2) Where subsection (1) or (2) applies in relation to a convicted person, unless the Court otherwise orders, an order of the Court relating to the restitution of property or the payment of compensation to an aggrieved person shall not take effect, and any law relating to the revesting of property on conviction shall not take effect in relation to the conviction, while an appeal by the convicted person against his conviction or sentence is possible. (3) Subsection (1) or (2) shall not apply in relation to an appeal against a conviction or sentence if, at the time of the conviction or sentence, there is no protecting power. (4) – (5) — [S. 6 amended by s. 6 of Act 2 of 2003.] G8 – 5 [Issue 1]