Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 669

669 Power to grant new trial

(1) On an appeal against a conviction on indictment, the Court may, either of its own motion or on the application of the appellant, order a new trial in such manner as it thinks fit, if the Court considers that a miscarriage of justice has occurred, and that, having regard to all the circumstances, such miscarriage of justice can be more adequately remedied by an order for a new trial than by any other order which the Court is empowered to make.

(2) If the Court makes an order for a new trial and the appellant is not granted bail, the order is taken to be a warrant for the appellant’s detention under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 9 (1) (a) .