Malaysia legislation
Section 155
Section 155
(2)
Every petition of appeal shall be signed by the appellant or his Peguam Syarie and shall contain particulars of the matters of law or of fact in regard to which the trial Court is alleged to have erred, and, except by leave of the Syariah Appeal Court, the appellant shall not be permitted on the hearing of the appeal to rely on any ground of appeal other than those set forth in the petition.
(3)
If a petition is not filed within the time prescribed by this section, the appeal shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or restrict the powers of extending time conferred upon the Syariah Appeal Court by section 158.
Procedure where appellant in prison