The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1976] AC 523
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
LAL AND ANOTHER APPELLANTS AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT
[ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF FIJI]
1975 Oct. 30;
Dec. 1
Dec. 1
Lord Diplock, Lord Kilbrandon and Lord Russell of Killowen
Fiji
— Crime
— Sentence
— Homicide
— Death sentence
— Discretion of trial judge to certify proper case for not imposing death sentence
— Whether sentence of death “fixed by law”
— Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal to entertain appeal
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Penal Code (Laws of Fiji, 1967 rev., c. 11), s. 229 (as amended by Penal Code (Re-enactment of Provisions) Act 1972 (Laws of Fiji No. 28 of 1972))
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Court of Appeal Ordinance (Laws of Fiji, 1967 rev., c. 8), ss. 21, 23 (3)