Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
253. Alternative offence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
This section applies on an appeal against conviction, where the appellant has been convicted of an offence and the Syar'ie Judge could have found him guilty of some other offence. and on the finding of the Syar'ie
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
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Judge it appears to the Syariah Appeal Court that the Syar-ie Judge must have been satisfied of facts which proved the appellant guilty of the other offence.
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;
The Syariah Appeal Court may, instead of allowing or dismissing
.the appeal, substitute for the verdict found by the Syar'ie Judge a verdict of guilty of the other offence-and pass such sentence in substitution for the a sentence passed at the trial as may be authorised by law for the other offence.
Syar'ie Judge
"Syar'ie Judge" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Act;
Terms defined in s 2
Judge
Defined · s 2"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;
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
Syar'ie Judge
Defined · s 2"Syar'ie Judge" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Act;
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