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The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973

( ACT NO. XIX OF 1973 )

Right of Appeal
1[21. (1) A person convicted of any crime specified in section 3 and sentenced by a Tribunal may appeal, as of right, to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh against such conviction and sentence.
 
(2) The Government or the complainant or the informant, as the case may be, may appeal, as of right, to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh against an order of acquittal or an order of sentence.
 
(3) An appeal under sub-section (1) or (2) shall be preferred within 30 (thirty) days from the date of conviction and sentence, or acquittal or any sentence, and no appeal shall lie after the expiry of the aforesaid period.
 
(4) The appeal shall be disposed of within 60 (sixty) days from the date of its filing.
 
(5) At the time of filing the appeal, the appellant shall submit all documents as may be relied upon by him.]

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    Section 21 was substituted by section 3 of the International Crimes (Tribunals) (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. III of 2013) (with effect from 14th July, 2009).
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