(1)  Any person convicted desiring to appeal to the Court, or to obtain leave to appeal, against any conviction or sentence, shall give notice of appeal or notice of application for leave to appeal, within 14 days of the date of such conviction or sentence.

(1A)  A notice under subsection (1) shall be signed by the person giving it or his attorney.

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(3)  An appeal by the Attorney-General under section 401(2)(a) , (b) , (d) and (e) is to be brought by the Attorney-General –

(a) notifying his or her intention to appeal at any time during the trial or immediately after the verdict in the presence of the accused or his or her counsel and, within 7 days after the conclusion of the trial, giving notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal in the manner prescribed; or

(b) giving notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal in the manner prescribed within 7 days after the conclusion of the trial.

(3A)  An appeal by the Attorney-General under section 401(2)(c) is to be brought by the Attorney-General giving notice of appeal in the manner prescribed at any time within 14 days after sentence.

(4)  Upon any such notification or notice as mentioned in subsection (3) or (3A) hereof, the judge of the court of trial may require the accused to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to appear at such time and place as the judge may direct, or when called upon, to abide the determination of the appeal.

(4A)  If the Attorney-General has not notified his or her intention to appeal or given a notice of appeal or a notice of application for leave to appeal under subsection (3) , then, if the relevant time has not expired, the Attorney-General may apply to the Court for an order requiring the accused to enter into a recognisance, with or without sureties, to appear before the Court at a specified time and place.

(4B)  The Court must not make an order under subsection (4A) unless the Attorney-General gives an undertaking to give a notice of appeal or a notice of application for leave to appeal within the time specified in subsection (3) .

(4C)  An order under subsection (4A) is to lapse and the accused is to be discharged from the recognisance if the Attorney-General has not given the relevant notice under subsection (3) within the time specified in that subsection.

(5)  The time within which notice of appeal, or notice of an application for leave to appeal, may be given, may be extended at any time by the Court.