(1) A decision of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of the District Court under section 52 may, with the leave of the Full Court, be the subject of an appeal to the Full Court of the Supreme Court.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), Part VIII of the Criminal Procedure (Summary) Act 1902, with any necessary changes, applies as if ¾

(a) the decision referred to in subsection (1) were a decision of a court of summary jurisdiction;

(b) a reference in that Part to the lower court registrar were a reference to the Registrar of the Supreme Court or of the District Court, as the case requires; and

(c) a reference in that Part to commencing an appeal were a reference to applying for leave to appeal.

(3) In subsection (1) }decision~ has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Summary) Act 1902.

[Section 53 inserted by No. 33 of 1989 s. 18; amended by No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]