Section 156
Procedure where appellant in prison
of Syariah Criminal Procedure Enactment 2004
State EnactmentIn forceProvision 156 of 232
Section 156
(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
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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 or to the Registrar of the Syariah Appeal Court, as the case may be.