Section 156. Procedure where appellant in prison. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 09 OF 2002
SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

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

Section 156. Procedure where appellant in prison.

(1) If the appellant is in prison, he shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of sections 153 and 155 if he gives to the officer in charge of the prison either orally or in writing notice of appeal and the particulars required to be included in the petition of appeal within the times prescribed by those sections.

(2) The prison officer shall forthwith forward the notice and petition or the purport thereof to the Registrar of the Syariah High Court at the place where the decision appealed against was given.