Preliminary examination of the Statement of grounds of appeal
Part 4 – Procedures before the court of appeal
Section 1 – Statement of appeal, statement of grounds of appeal
Rule 233 – Preliminary examination of the Statement of grounds of appeal
- The judge-rapporteur shall examine whether the Statement of grounds of appeal satisfies the requirements of Rule 226.
- If the Statement of grounds of appeal does not comply with the requirements of Rule 226, the judgerapporteur shall give the appellant leave to amend the Statement of grounds of appeal within such period as he may decide. If the appellant fails to amend the Statement within such period the judge-rapporteur may reject the appeal as inadmissible. He shall give the appellant an opportunity to be heard beforehand.
- Grounds of appeal which are not raised within the period specified for the Statement of grounds of appeal in Rule 224.2 shall not be admissible.
Relation with Agreement:
Relation with Statute:
Linking to this rule:
Rule 234 – Challenge to the decision to reject an appeal as inadmissible