Section 78 of Civil Procedure Act CAP 21: Powers of appellate court
(1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, an appellate court shall have power— (a) to determine a case finally;
(b) to remand a case;
(c) to frame issues and refer them for trial;
(d) to take additional evidence or to require the evidence to be taken; (e) to order a new trial.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, the appellate court shall have the same powers and shall perform as nearly as may be the same duties as are conferred and imposed by this Act on courts of original jurisdiction in respect of suits instituted therein.
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