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The trial court lacked jurisdiction to try the appellant for an economic offence as no DPP's consent or certificate was filed or admitted in the record; thus, the proceedings, conviction, and sentence are nullities and must be quashed.
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The trial court lacked jurisdiction due to defective consent and certificate under the EOCCA, rendering the proceedings, conviction, and sentence a nullity. Given sufficient evidence on record, a retrial is ordered.
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The Court of Appeal held that the High Court wrongly refused to order recommencement of proceedings after quashing a void economic case for want of jurisdiction.
The trial court lacked jurisdiction due to incurably defective consent and certificate from the Director of Public Prosecution, rendering the proceedings, conviction, and sentence null and void.
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The applicant is entitled to bail as a constitutional right, subject to compliance with statutory conditions for economic offences, including deposit of half the shared pecuniary loss and provision of reliable sureties.
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The High Court granted bail to an accused in an economic offences case, finding the charges were bailable and no reason existed to deny release.
High Court appeal from a guilty plea conviction was allowed in part, reducing a 30-year sentence for unlawful possession of government trophies to 20 years.
The Court of Appeal nullified a criminal conviction for wildlife and economic offences after holding that invalid DPP consent deprived the trial court of jurisdiction.
The consent to prosecute was issued by an unauthorized officer under section 26(1) of the EOCCA, rendering the proceedings, conviction, and sentence a nullity for lack of jurisdiction; a retrial is ordered.
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The trial court lacked jurisdiction to try the appellant for economic offences because the required consent to prosecute was not issued by the DPP as mandated by law, rendering the proceedings, convictions, and sentences a nullity.
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