SECTION 452

(1) If the court considers that the appeal is time-barred or improperly filed, it shall declare it inadmissible and order the appellant to pay costs. (2) Where the court considers that the appeal, even though admissible is not founded, it shall uphold the judgment appealed against and order the appellant to pay costs. (3) Where after hearing the appeal, the court considers that the appeal, is founded, it shall quash and reverse the judgement appealed against and order the public treasury or the respondent to bear the costs, as the case may be. (4) Where an appeal by the Legal Department is dismissed, the costs shall be defrayed by the public treasury. (5) If the court considers that the appeal is only partly founded, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) and may either apportion the costs between the appellant and the respondent or have them defrayed by the public treasury. SUB-CHAPTER IV EFFECTS OF APPEAL