Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
237. Petition of appeal
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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
Registrar
"Registrar" means the Chief Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court, the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court, the Registrars of the Syariah High Court or the Assistant Registrars of the Syariah Subordinate Courts, as the case may be, appointed under section 13 of the Syariah Courts Act; Syariah Courts 28 Cyriminal Procedure Code
High Court a petition of appeal addressed to the Syariah Appeal Court.
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.
If a petition is not filed within the time prescribed by this section, the appeal is deemed to have been withdrawn, but nothing in this subsection is deemed to limit or restrict the powers conferred on the Syariah Appeal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.
Terms defined in s 2
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Chief Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court, the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court, the Registrars of the Syariah High Court or the Assistant Registrars of the Syariah Subordinate Courts, as the case may be, appointed under section 13 of the Syariah Courts Act; Syariah Courts 28 Cyriminal Procedure Code
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