ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004
PART II - SYARIAH COURTS Constitution and jurisdiction.
Section 19. 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 appointed under subsection 6(1) as determined by the State Chief Syar'ie Judge.
(2) Notwithstanding section 6, the State Chief Syar'ie 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 State Chief Syar'ie Judge considers it desirable to do so, provided that shall not include the Syar'ie Judge who tried or made decision on the case appealed against.
(3) The State Chief Syar'ie 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 State Chief Syar'ie Judge who sat as a Judge, of the Syariah High Court; or
(b) if the State Chief Syar'ie Judge is unable to be the chairman for any other reason,
the State Chief Syar'ie Judge shall appoint the most senior of the Syariah Appeal Court Judges or the Syariah High Court Judges to be chairman.