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Attitude of the court to the record of appeal as settled by the parties

Duty of a court confronted with an incomplete record of appeal

Duty of an appellate court where records are missing

Effect of failure to apply to the court for rectification of the record of appeal

Effect of the omission of the facts of the case from the record of appeal

How the record of appeal should be settled

Orders that may be made by the appellate court where counsel informs the court of missing parts of the record of appeal

Position of the law regarding missing records

Power of the Court of Appeal to amend the record of appeal

Presumption of correctness of a record of appeal

Rectification of the Record of Appeal

2 subsidiary principles

What the rule that the appellate court is bound by the record of appeal entails

Whether a defective record of appeal renders the appeal incompetent

Whether a document not tendered at the trial can form part of the record of appeal

Whether an amendment can be made to the record of appeal by way of importing facts or any evidence without the leave of court

Whether an appellant is automatically entitled to an acquittal upon the mere proof of lost or destroyed record of proceedings

Whether an appellate court is bound by the record of appeal

Whether failure to exclude irrelevant documents in the record of appeal affects the justice of the appeal

Whether it is a party's responsibility to ensure that the record of appeal is ready within a specified period

Whether it is every missing part of a record that is fatal to the hearing of an appeal

Whether the appellate court can decide an appeal where the confessional statements of an accused person do not form part of the record of appeal

Whether the trial court will entertain an application in respect of a pending appeal in where the applicant has failed to compile the record of appeal

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