ENACTMENT NO. 8 OF 1995 ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT (AMENDMENT) ENACTMENT 1995
Section 7. Amendment of section 11.
The principal Enactment is amended by substituting for section 11 the following section:
"Appeal to the Syariah High Court"
11. (1) An appeal from a decision of the Syariah Subordinate Court shall be made to the Syariah High Court by the following method:
(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, by the prosecutor or by the person who has been convicted of an offence, and the appeal shall be made against acquittal, conviction or sentence or any one of the said decision; or
(b) in its civil jurisdiction-
(i) by any person aggrieved by the decision, where the amount of the claim not less than five hundred ringgit;
(ii) in all cases involving any decision relating to personal status, by any person aggrieved by that decision;
(iii) in all cases relating to maintenance of dependants, by any person aggrieved by that decision;
(c) in other cases, with the leave of the Syariah High Court.
(2) In any appeal, the Syariah High Court may-
(a) in criminal matter, dismiss the appeal, convict and sentence the appeallant, order the trial Court to call for defence or to make further inquiry, enhance or vary the sentence, order for retrial, vary or quash any order of the trial Court; or
(b) in civil matter, confirm, quash or vary the decision of the trial Court, exercise any such power as the trial Court may exercise, make order as the trial Court shall make, or order for a retrial.".