
1 
These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2 
The Criminal Appeal Rules 1968 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in rule 9 for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—“
(2) The examination of a witness shall be conducted by the taking of a deposition and, unless the court directs otherwise, shall take place in public.”; and
(b) in rule 16A in paragraph (1) after the words “section 159(1)(a)” there shall be inserted “, (aa)”.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Bingham of Cornhill, CJ.
J W Kay, J.
Geoffrey Rivlin
G C W Harris
Judith Beloff
Nicholas P Valios
L Dickinson
Dated 10th March 1997