252. Where appeal allowed

This section applies where, on an appeal against conviction or acquittal after trial in the Syariah High Court on two or more charges, the

The Syariah Appeal Court may in respect of any charge on which the appellant or respondent remains convicted pass such sentence, in substitution for any sentence passed thereon at the trial, as it thinks proper and is authorised by law for the offence of which he remains convicted on that charge (whether the sentence so substituted is more or less severe).