Lal v The Queen

Subject Matter

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 — Penal Code, s 229 (as amended by Penal Code (Re-enactment of Provisions) Act 1972) — Court of Appeal Ordinance, ss 21, 23 (3)

[1976] AC 523; [1976] 2 WLR 324