Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Section 415: Proviso to sections 413 and 414

415. Proviso to sections 413 and 414. Any appeal may be brought against any sentence referred to in section 413 or section 414 4[by which any punishment therein mentioned is combined with any other punishment], but no sentence which would not otherwise be liable to appeal shall be appealable merely on the ground that the person convicted is ordered to find security to keep the peace. Explanation.__ A sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of fine is not a sentence by which two or more punishments are combined within the meaning of this section.

(3)No application under sub-section (2) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an order of acquittal shall be entertained by the High Court after the expiry of sixty days from the date of that order.

(4)If, in any case, the application under sub-section (2) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an order of acquittal is refused, no appeal from that order of acquittal shall lie under sub-section (1).] 1 [(5) An appeal against an order of conviction or acquittal under sections 354A, 376, 376A, 377 or 377B of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860) shall be decided within six months.] 2 [418. Appeal on what matters admissible.- (1)] An appeal may lie on a matter of fact as well as a matter of law 3* * *. 4

(2)[* * * * * * *] Explanation.__ The alleged severity of a sentence shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a matter of law.