Cap. 319 Art. 4ASpecial rules applicable in connection with article 3 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention.

(1) The provisions of paragraphs 22 to 25 (inclusive) of the Explanatory Report on the Seventh Protocol to the Convention reproduced in the Third Schedule to this Act shall apply to the interpretation of the provisions of the following provisions of this article and of article 3 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention.

(2) The maximum compensation payable under article 3 of the

Seventh Protocol to the Convention shall be twenty-three thousand and two hundred and ninety-three euro and seventy-three cents (23,293.73). Such compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the party claiming such compensation or failing such agreement by the Civil Court, First Hall, upon an application by the person claiming compensation made within six months of the date when the person’s conviction has been reversed or such person has been pardoned.

(3) An appeal from the determination of the compensation by the Civil Court, First Hall, shall lie to the Court of Appeal by application filed within twenty days from the determination of the application by the Civil Court, First Hall.