ENACTMENT NO. 14 OF 1992 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 1992
PART II - SYARIAH COURTS Constitution And Jurisdiction
Section 16. Jurisdiction of Syariah Appeal Court.
(1) The Syariah Appeal Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any appeal against any decisions made by the Syariah High Court in the carrying out of its original jurisdiction.
(2) Whenever an appeal against a decision of the Syariah Lower Court has been determined by the Syariah High Court, the Syariah Appeal Court may, on application by any party, give leave for any question of law in the public interest which arose during the course of the said appeal and in which the decision of the Syariah High Court has affected the result of the appeal to be referred to the Syariah Appeal Court for its decision.
(3) Whenever leave is granted by the Syariah Appeal Court, it shall hear and determine the questions allowed to be referred for its decision and make any order which the Syariah High Court might have made, and as it thinks fair for the disposal of the appeal.