263. Effect of appeal on sentence

The term during which an appellant or respondent is in custody pending the determination of his appeal shall, subject to any direction which the Syariah Appeal Court may give to the contrary, be reckoned as part of the term of any sentence of imprisonment which the Syariah Appeal Court may impose.

Where the Syariah Appeal Court gives a contrary direction under subsection (1), it shall state its reasons for doing so.

In the case of an appeal made by the accused, where an appellant is admitted to bail, the time during which he is at large after being admitted to bail shall be disregarded in computing the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject.

The term of any sentence passed by the Syariah Appeal Court shall, unless the Syariah Appeal Court otherwise directs, begin to run from the time when it would have begun to run if passed in the proceedings from which the appeal lies.