Article 208 of Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials

The court shall uphold the first-instance judgment if it finds that the appeal is without foundation and that the judgment is correct in form and substance. Law Index 207 Home Page Criminal Procedure and Trials Law Law No. 17 of 1960 Promulgating the Criminal Procedure and Trials Law If the judgment or the proceedings preceding it contain a formal defect that can be corrected, the court shall correct that defect and uphold the judgment as regards its determination on the merits, if its conclusion in that respect is sound. If the judgment is a conviction, the court may, when upholding it, modify the extent of the penalty.