Section Provisions
ANTITERRORISM, ACT, 1997 ANTI-TERRORISM ACT, 1997 25. Appeal. 1. An appeal against the final judgment of Special Court shall lie to an Appellate Tribunal. 2. Copies of the judgment of a Special Court shall be supplied to prosecutor free of cost on the ‑lay the judgment is pronounced and the record of the trial shall, be transmitted to the Appellate Tribunal within three days of the decision. 3. An appeal under sub‑section (1) may be preferred by a person sentenced by a Special Court to an Appellate Tribunal within seven days of the passing of the sentence. 4. The Attorney General may, on being directed by the Federal or a Provincial Government, file an appeal against an order of acquittal or a, sentence passed by a Special Court within fifteen days of such order. 5. An appeal under this section shall be heard and decided by an Appellate Tribunal within seven working days. 6. An Appellate Tribunal shall sit at `such places, and have jurisdiction within such territorial limits, as may be fixed by the Government. 7. Subject to sub‑section (8); an Appellate Tribunal shall, in exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this Act, have all the powers conferred on an Appellate Court under Chapter XXXI of the Code. 8. Pending the appeal the Appellate Tribunal shall not release the accused on bail.