Section 7

A protected prisoner of war or protected internee who has been convicted and sentenced to death or to imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years may appeal ?.gainst the conviction and sentence imposed on him.

Notwithstanding anything in any written law relating to appeals, where a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been sentenced to death or to imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years, the time within which he must give notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be the period from the date of conviction or, in the case of an appeal against sentence, of sentencing, to the expiration of 10 days after the date on which he receives a notice given -

Notwithstanding anything in written law relating to appeals, the time within which the person must apply to the Attorney General for a certificate authorising an appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be the period from the date of the previous decision on appeal until 7 days after the date on which he receives a notice given by a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) that the protecting power has been notified of the decision of the court on the previous appeal.

Where subsection (1) or (2) apply in relation to a convicted person, then, unless the court otherwise orders, an order of the court relating to the restitution of property or the payment of compensation to an aggrieved person shall not take effect, and a provision of a law relating to the reverting of property on conviction shall not take effect in relation to the conviction while an appeal by the convicted person against his conviction or sentence is possible.

( 5 ) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to an appeal against a conviction or sentence, or against the decision of a court upon a previous appeal if, at the time of the conviction or sentence, or of the decision of the court upon the previous appeal, as the case may be, there is no protecting power.

Reduction of sentence and custody of protected prisoners of war and internees.