ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
(STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 2004
PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS
Section 63. Appeals to Syariah High Court.
(1) An appeal shall lie to the Syariah High Court from any decision of a Syariah Subordinate Court—
(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, by the prosecutor or by the person convicted, and such appeal may be against an acquittal, a conviction or a sentence or any of them; and
(b) in its civil jurisdiction—
(i) by any person aggrieved by the decision, if the amount claimed is not less than one thousand ringgit;
(ii) in all cases involving any decision as to personal status, by any person aggrieved by the decision; and
(iii) in all cases relating to maintenance of dependants, by any person aggrieved by the decision; but no appeal shall lie against a decision made by consent; and
(c) in any other case, if the Syariah High Court gives leave to appeal.
(2) In any appeal, the Syariah High Court may—
(a) in a criminal matter, dismiss the appeal, convict and sentence the appellant, order the trial Court to call for the defence or make further inquiry, enhance or alter the nature of the sentence, order a retrial, or alter or reverse any order of the trial Court; and
(b) in a civil matter, confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the trial Court, exercise any such powers as the trial Court could have exercised, make such order as the trial Court ought to have made, or order a retrial.