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CHAPTER XX
APPEALS
Appeals to
Court of
Appeal.
262. Subject to the provisions of sections 58(1), 65, 74(11),
96(10), 107, 259, 266 and 267 of this Constitution, an appeal shall lie
from decisions of the High Court to the Court of Appeal as of right
in the following cases -
(a) final decisions in any civil or criminal
proceedings on questions as to the
interpretation of this Constitution or of the
Supreme Court Order;
(b) final decisions given in exercise of the
jurisdiction conferred on the High Court by
section 41 of this Constitution (which relates
to the enforcement of the fundamental rights
and freedoms); and
(c) such other cases as may be prescribed by
Parliament.
Appeals to
the Judicial
Committee
or other
final
appellate
court.
263. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 74 of this
Constitution generally and subsections (1) (4) and (5) of the said
section 74 particularly, an Appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court
of Appeal to the Judicial Committee, or to any other court having final
appellate jurisdiction in respect of appeals from Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines in substitution for the jurisdiction of the Judicial
Committee, as of right in the following cases –
(a) final decisions in any civil proceedings where
the matter in dispute on the appeal to the
Judicial Committee, or to such other final
appellate court as is referred to in this
subsection, is of the prescribed value or
upwards, or where the appeal involves
directly or indirectly a claim to or question
respecting property or a right of the prescribed
value or upwards;
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