250. Grounds for allowing appeal

(1)

Except as provided by the provisions of this Code, the Syariah

Appeal Court shall allow an appeal against conviction or acquittal if it thinks that -

(a)

the conviction or the acquittal should be set aside on the ground that it is unsafe or unsatisfactory;

(b)

the conviction or the acquittal should be set aside on the ground of a wrong decision on any question of law; or

(c)

there was a material irregularity in the course of the trial, a and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.

(2)

The Syariah Appeal Court may dismiss the appeal if it considers that no miscaniage of justice has actually occurred.

(3)

The Syariah Appeal Court shall, if it allows the appeal, quash the conviction or acquittal.

(4)

Except if a trial is ordered to be retried according to section 254, an order of the Syariah Appeal Court quashing--

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(u)

a conviction shall operate as a direction to the trial court to enter a judgment and verdict of acquittal instead of the record of conviction; or

(b)

an acquittal shall operate as a direction to the trial court to enter a judgment and verdict of conviction instead of the record of acquittal.

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