Article 147Quand un jugement devient définitif

Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section

1. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 2311/2567 (2024)

   Under Section 147 paragraph two, an appealable judgment not appealed within the fixed time is final when that period expires, meaning on lapse of the one-month period from the day of reading or deemed reading.

   In deciding when a criminal judgment became final for a return-of-property application, the court applied Section 147 paragraph two: an appealable judgment not appealed in time is final when the appeal period lapses, that is one month from the day of reading or deemed reading of the judgment.

2. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 185/2566 (2023)

   Where a party withdraws a further appeal and the court permits it, the earlier judgment becomes final from the day of that withdrawal under Section 147 paragraph two, and binds the parties from then.

   A party filed a further appeal but later withdrew it, and the court allowed the withdrawal. The court held the earlier case became final from the day of withdrawal under Section 147 paragraph two and bound the parties from then, so the defendant could not disregard the judgment.

3. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 1142/2565 (2022)

   A judgment not appealed within the one-month period is final one month after the day it was given, under Section 147 paragraph two, and that finality date starts the running of any period measured from it.

   A prior criminal judgment given on 20 April 2554 was not appealed, so the court held it became final on 20 May 2554 under Section 147 paragraph two, read with the criminal procedure and narcotics case rules. That finality date fixed the start of the limitation period for enforcing the sentence.

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