Section 58: Povisions Pending Appeal.
(1) Where an appeal is entered or leave to appeal is granted against a conviction in respect of which the appellant has been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training, the court may, in its discretion, admit the appellant to bail pending the determination of the appeal and, in the case of a sentence of imprisonment, any time during which the appellant is so admitted to bail shall not count as part of the term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced.
(2) The operation of any order made on conviction by the Court for-
(a) the payment of compensation or of the expenses of the prosecution; or
(b) the imprisonment or for any other punishment imposed on the person convicted; or
(c) the restoration of any property to any person; or
(d) the revesting, in case of any such conviction, in the original owner or his personal, representatives of the property in stolen goods, shall (unless the Judge before whom the conviction takes place directs to the contrary in any case in which, in his opinion, the title to the property is not in dispute) be suspended until the expiration of thirty days after date of the conviction.
(3) Where an appeal to the court of appeal is entered or leave to appeal if granted in any civil case, the court may, in its discretion, order a stay of execution either unconditionally or performance of such condition as may be imposed in accordance with the Rules of Court.
Cite this section
Section 58, FEDERAL HIGH COURT ACT (1973).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/federal-high-court-act/section/58/