(1)
As soon as practicable after a notice of appeal has been lodged, the registrar of the High Court shall prepare the record of appeal.
(2)
For the purpose of an appeal from the High Court in its original jurisdiction, the record of appeal shall contain copies of the following documents in the following order-
(a)
an index of all documents in the record with the numbers of the pages at which they appear, showing also under the reference to the trial judge' s notes and under the reference to the transcript, if any, of shorthand notes, the names of the witnesses and the pages of the record at which their evidence appears;
(b)
the information, indictment or charge;
(c)
the trial judge's notes of the hearing, including the proceedings on and after sentence;
(d)
the transcript of any shorthand notes taken at the trial;
(e)
a list of all exhibits put in at the trial;
(f)
all documentary exhibits, photographs and plans put in at the trial and all depositions read in consequence of the absence of intended witnesses; except that the registrar of the High Court may, in his or her discretion, omit copies of documents which are of great length or other exhibits which are difficult to reproduce or may include copies of the relevant parts only of any such documents;
(g)
the summing-up to the assessors, if there is a record of it, or of the judge's notes on which he or she based his or her summing-up, and the opinions of the assessors;
(i)
the order, if any, giving leave to appeal or the certificate, if any, that a point of law of general public importance is involved;
(j)
the notice of appeal; and
(k)
any other documents which the trial judge may order to be included, which may include additional grounds or explanation of his or her decisions which he or she considers would be of assistance to the court, or which appear to the registrar of the High Court to be necessary for the proper disposal of the appeal; and those documents may include a report made after sentence on an appellant's health.
(3)
Where any person convicted by a magistrate's court was committed for sentence to the High Court and is appealing to the court against the sentence imposed by the High Court, the record of appeal shall, in addition to the documents set out in subrule (2) of this rule, contain also a certificate by the registrar of the High Court-
(a)
that the appellant was convicted on his or her own plea of guilty;
(b)
that the appellant has lodged no notice of appeal against conviction and that the time for lodging that notice has expired; or
(c)
that the appellant has appealed against conviction to the High Court and that the appeal has been determined, as the case may be.
(4)
For the purpose of an appeal from the High Court in its appellate jurisdiction, the record of appeal shall contain documents relating to the proceedings in the trial court corresponding as nearly as may be, to those set out in subrule (2) of this rule and shall contain also copies of the following documents relating to the appeal to the first appellate court-
(a)
the petition of appeal;
(b)
the record of proceedings;
(e)
the notice of appeal; and
(f)
in the case of a third appeal to the court, the record shall contain also the corresponding documents in relation to the second appeal and the certificate of the High Court that a point of law of general public importance is involved.
(5)
Notwithstanding subrule (1) of this rule, the registrar of the High Court shall not prepare the record of appeal-
(a)
where the notice of appeal has been lodged out of time, until he or she has been notified that the time has been extended by order of the High Court or the court or unless the Deputy Chief Justice otherwise directs;
(b)
where the appeal cannot be heard without leave to appeal or a certificate that a point of law of general public importance is involved, until he or she has been notified that the leave or certificate has been given or unless the Deputy Chief Justice otherwise directs;
(c)
where the appeal is from the High Court in its appellate jurisdiction, until the prescribed fee, or such part of it if any, as the appellant may be liable to pay under an order made under rule 111 of these Rules, has been paid or a deposit on account of the fees has been made to the satisfaction of the registrar of the High Court.
(6)
The registrar of the High Court shall certify each copy of the record of appeal to be a true copy of the original proceedings; except that where the record is produced by printing, type lithography, stencil duplicating, photography or xerography, it shall suffice if one copy is so certified.
(7)
Every registrar responsible for preparing records of appeal shall do so within six weeks or in such time and manner as the Chief Justice may direct.