Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
272. Reservation of points of law
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any Syariah Subordinate Court may. if it thinks fit, at the conclusion of the proceedings or at any time within 7 days from the time of the judgment, acquittal, sentence or order passed or made therein. reserve for the consideration of the Syariah High Court any questions of law arising in such proceedings, setting out briefly the facts on which the law is to be applied and the questions of law to be determined thereon.
Every question of law so reserved shall be submitted to the
Syariah Court in the shape of a special case in the form set out in Schedule 2.
Every such special case shall be drawn up by the Syariah
Subordinate Court Judge before which the proceedings are held and shall -
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;
set out briefly the facts which are considered by the Syariah
Subordinate Court Judge to be proved;
state the question of law which has been reserved for the opinion of the Syariah Court;
be sent by the Syariah Subordinate Court Judge to the
Registrar of the Syariah High Court: and
be set down for argument in such manner as the Syariah
High Court directs.
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;
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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