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Section 85

Proceedings in Federal Court

of Courts of Judicature Act 1964

ActIn forceProvision 86 of 102
Section 85
(1)

Where a special case has been transmitted to the

Federal Court under section 84, the Federal Court shall, subject to any rules of court of the Federal Court, deal with the case and hear and determine it in the same way as an appeal to the Federal Court.

(2)

When the Federal Court shall have determined any special case under this section the High Court in which the proceedings in the course of which the case has been stated are pending shall continue and dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the judgment of the

Federal Court and otherwise according to law.

Appellate Jurisdiction—Criminal Appeals