Section 56. Composition of the Syariah Appeal Court (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1993
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

PART III - MUFTI AND SYARIAH COMMITTEE

Section 56. Composition of the Syariah Appeal Court

(1) An appeal in the Syariah Appeal Court shall be heard and disposed of by a chairman and such two Judges of the Syariah Appeal Court as the Chief Syariah Judge may determine.

(2) Notwithstanding section 44 of this Enactment, 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 proceedings 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, and in the event he is unable to act, the Chief Syariah Judge shall appoint the most senior of the Judges of the Syariah Appeal Court to be chairman.