Section 9. Whenever any appeal shall have been presented to the said Judicial Commissioner under the Code of Criminal Procedure;

9. Whenever any appeal shall have been presented to the said Judicial Commissioner under the Code of Criminal Procedure; Or whenever any sentence of death shall have been referred to him for confirmation; Or whenever any case shall have come before him as a Court of revision; If he desires to obtain the opinion of the said Financial Commissioner on any question of fact or of law arising on such appeal, reference, or case,