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Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Appeal and Revision
Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Appeal and Revision
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On receiving the documents mentioned in section 215, the
Syariah High Court Judge shall peruse the same. and if he considers that there is 110 suficient ground for interfering, he may reject the appeal summarily:
Judge
"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
Provided that no appeal shall be rejected summarily except in the case mentioned in subsection (2) unless the appellant has had a reasonable opportunity of being heard either personally or in writing in support of the same.
Where an appeal is brought on the ground that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence or that the sentence is excessive and it appears to the Syariah High Court Judge that the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction and that there is nothing in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to consider that the sentence ought to be reduced, the appeal may.
without being set down for hearing, be summarily rejected by an order certifying that the appeal has been lodged without any sufficient ground of complaint.
If an appeal is dismissed summarily. any appeal fee paid shall be refunded to the appellant.
Judge
"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
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