ENACTMENT No. 9 Of 1980 MAHKAMAH SYARIAH ENACTMENT 1979
PART III - COURT OF APPEAL
Section 10. Establishment and constitution.
(1) His Highness the Sultan may by order establish a Court of Appeal for the State.
(2) The Court of Appeal shall consist of a Kadi Besar, three Deputies Kadi Besar and three other persons appointed by His Highness the Sultan from time to time by notification in the Gazette who in the opinion of His Highness the Sultan is qualified to sit in the Court of Appeal.
(3) Every proceeding of the Court of Appeal shall be heard and disposed of by at least the Kadi Besar who shall preside, a Deputy Kadi Besar and one other person appointed by His Highness the Sultan under sub-section (2).
Provided further that if the appeal is against the decision of the Kadi Besar sitting as a Kadi, the proceeding of the Court shall be presided by the Yang Dipertua Jabatan Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam.