Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 237

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s 237Petition of appeal

(1)

Within 21 days after the date of service of the record mentioned in section 236(2). the appellant shall file with the Registrar of the Syariah

High Court a petition of appeal addressed to the Syariah Appeal Court.

(2)

Every petition of appeal shall be signed by the appellant and shall contain particulars of the matters of law or fact in respect of which the trial court is alleged to have erred and, except by leave of the Syariah Appeal

Court, the appellant shall not at the hearing of the appeal rely on any ground of appeal other than those specified in the petition.

(3)

If a petition is not filed within the time prescribed by this section, the appeal is deemed to have been withdrawn, but nothing in this subsection is deemed to limit or restrict the powers conferred on the Syariah Appeal

Court by section 240.

Procedure where appellant in prison.