Section 6
Appeals by protected persons
of Geneva Conventions Act 1962
Where a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been convicted and sentenced to death or to imprisonment for a term of two years or more, he may appeal against such conviction and sentence imposed upon him, and the time within which he must give notice of appeal shall, notwithstanding anything in the written law relating to such appeals, be the period from the date of his conviction or, in the case of an appeal against sentence, of his sentence to the expiration of ten days after the date on which he receives a notice given—
(a)
in the case of a protected prisoner of war by an officer of the Armed Forces of Malaysia;
(b)
in the case of a protected internee, by or on behalf of the governor of the prison in which he is confined, that the protecting power has been notified of his conviction and sentence; and in a case to which the foregoing provisions of this subsection apply, a reference to the period aforesaid shall be
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substituted for any reference to the period of fourteen days after the date of such decision in subsection 51(1) of the Courts of
Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91].
(2)
(Omitted).