ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 2003
SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 2003

PART VI - OF APPEAL AND REVISION
CHAPTER 2 - OF APPEAL TO THE SYARIAH APPEAL COURT



Section 167. References to Syariah Appeal Court on appeal from a Syariah Subordinate Court.

(1) When an appeal from a decision of a Syariah Subordinate Court in a criminal matter has been determined by the Syariah High Court, the Syariah Appeal Court may, on the application of any party, grant leave for the determination by itself of any question of law of public interest which has arisen in the course of the appeal and the determination of which by the Syariah High Court has affected the event of the appeal.

(2) An application for leave under this section shall be made within one month or such longer time as the Syariah Appeal Court may permit of the determination of the appeal to which it relates; and in the case of an application by the Chief Syariah Prosecutor, shall be made by or with the consent in writing of that officer only.

(3) When leave has been granted by the Syariah Appeal Court under this section, the Syariah High Court may make such orders as it may see fit for the arrest, custody or release on bail of any party to the appeal and the Registrar of the Syariah High Court shall forward the record of the proceedings in the Syariah High Court to the Chief Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court who shall thereupon appoint and notify the parties to the appeal the time and place for the hearing of the matter.

(4) When leave has been granted by the Syariah Appeal Court, it shall hear and determine the question allowed to be referred for its determination and make such orders as the Syariah High Court might have made as it may consider just for the disposal of the appeal.

(5) For the purpose of this section but without prejudice to the generality of its provisions-




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