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The Bariadi District Court lacked jurisdiction to try the appellant due to defective prosecutorial consent and certificate of transfer, which failed to specify the offence-creating provisions, rendering the proceedings a nullity.
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The High Court allowed the appeal on the first count, holding that defective DPP consent and a missing certificate of transfer deprived the trial court of jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeal held the District Court lacked jurisdiction because the DPP’s transfer certificate was issued under the wrong EOCCA provision, nullifying the trial.
The Court of Appeal held that an invalid EOCCA transfer certificate deprived the trial court of jurisdiction, quashed the conviction, and ordered a retrial.
The District Court of Bariadi lacked jurisdiction to try the combination of economic and non-economic offences as the certificate was improperly issued under section 12(3) instead of section 12(4) of the EOCCA; consequently, the entire proceedings, conviction, and sentence are null and void and must be quashed without an order for retrial.
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The High Court nullified a district court conviction for an economic offence, holding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction without DPP consent and a certificate of transfer.
The Court of Appeal held that a resident magistrate lacked jurisdiction to try combined economic and non-economic offences under a section 12(3) EOCCA certificate.
The Court of Appeal held that a subordinate court lacked jurisdiction where the DPP’s certificate was issued under the wrong EOCCA provision for a mixed charge.
The District Court of Bunda lacked jurisdiction to try the combined economic and non-economic offences due to absence of proper consent and certificate from the DPP, rendering the trial and all subsequent proceedings a nullity.
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The District Court lacked jurisdiction to try the economic offences as the trial commenced without the mandatory consent of the DPP and without a complete certificate of transfer; therefore, all proceedings, convictions, and sentences are nullities.
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