3: If the accused does not admit the truth of the charge or if the court does not accept his admission the court shall proceed to hear the case […]. 4: If the accused person refuses to plead, the court shall order a plea of “not guilty” to be entered for him". Section 182: "If the accused person does not admit the truth of the charge, the court shall proceed to hear the complainant and his witnesses and other evidence, if any. The accused person or his advocate may put questions to each witness produced against him. If the accused person does not employ an advocate the court shall, at the close of the examination of each witness for the prosecution, ask the accused person whether he wished to put any questions to that witness and shall record his answer". Section 248: "Any statement by the accused recorded by the magistrate during the proceedings for committal may be read as evidence either for the prosecution or for the defence". Section 249.1: "If when the case for the prosecution has been concluded, the Judge rules as a matter of law, that there is no evidence on which the accused could be convicted, the Jury shall, under the direction of the Judge, return a verdict of not guilty. 2: In any other event the court shall call upon the accused for his defence". Section 308.1: "Save as hereinafter provided any person convicted on a trial held by the Magistrates’ Court may appeal to the Supreme Court". The Courts Act, 30/11/1964 (Laws of Seychelles 1996) Section 14: "Appeals (in the Court of Appeal) from decisions of the Supreme Court in criminal matters shall be governed by the Criminal Procedure Code and by any other law now in force or to be enacted". Criminal Procedure Code Part X regulates the procedure to appeals from the Magistrates Court (Sections 308341) and from Supreme Court (Sections 342 and 343) Section 308.1: "Save as hereinafter provided any person convicted on a trial held by the Magistrates' Court may appeal to the Supreme Court. 2: An appeal to the Supreme Court may be on the matter of fact as well as on a matter of law". Section 342.1: "Any person convicted on a trial held by the Supreme Court may appeal to the Court of Appeal against his conviction or against the sentence passed on his conviction with the leave of such Court of Appeal, unless the sentence is one fixed by law". Legal Aid Act, 1/02/1986, Laws of Seychelles 1996 Section 6.1: "Subject to this act, legal aid shall be available to any person charged with an offence and shall relate to proceedings in any court in any exercise of original or appellate jurisdiction in criminal matters in respect of that offence".