Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · s 172

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s 172Appeals in capital cases

(1)

In the case of a conviction involving sentence of death, the right of appeal against conviction conferred by section 139(1) on the person convicted shall be exercisable without his being required to present a petition to the Colonel in Chief or the Commander; and accordingly in such a case subsection (2) of that section does not apply.

(2)

In the case of such a conviction, the power of the Court of

Appeal under section 140(3) to extend the period within which an application for leave to appeal must be lodged shall not be exercisable.