ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (PERAK) ENACTMENT 2004
PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS
Section 58. Composition of Syariah Appeal Court.
(1) An appeal in the Syariah Appeal Court shall be heard and disposed of by a chairman and two other Judges of the Syariah Appeal Court as the Chief Syariah Judge may determine from amongst the members of the standing panel of Syariah Appeal Court Judges appointed under section 46.
(2) Notwithstanding section 46, the Chief Syariah Judge may appoint any Judge of the Syariah High Court to be a member of the Syariah Appeal Court for any particular proceeding if the Chief Syariah Judge considers it desirable to do so.
(3) The Chief Syariah Judge shall be the chairman for every proceeding of the Syariah Appeal Court except--
(a) if the appeal before the Syariah Appeal Court is against the decision of the Chief Syariah Judge who sat as a Judge of the Syariah High Court; or
(b) if the Chief Syariah is unable to be the chairman for any other reason, the Chief Syariah Judge shall appoint the most senior of the Syariah Appeal Court Judges to be chairman.