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5. Insertion of new section 453a in the principal enactment
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The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 453 and shall have effect as section 453a of the principal enactment :—
“Priority for trials and 453a. Every court shall give priority to the trial appeals. Of any person charged with or indicted for child abuse before such court and to the hearing of any appeal from the conviction of any person for child abuse or against any sentence imposed on such conviction.”