(1) Where a person desiring to appeal is committed to a correctional facility, he or she shall, having regard to the time allowed for the appeals under sub-section (3) notify a correctional officer, either verbally or in writing in sufficient time after his or her arrival at the correctional facility, to render the service of his or her notice of appeal effective, of his or her desire to appeal.
(2) In case of a verbal notification, the correctional officer shall reduce or cause the notice to be reduced into writing.
(3) In every such case, the correctional officer shall forthwith forward or cause to be delivered to the clerk of the Court the notice in writing.
(4) No such notice shall be valid unless it has been served or delivered to the clerk of the Court within 15 days after the decision of the Court.