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Section 155

Petition of appeal

of Syariah Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 2001

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 120 of 196
Section 155

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(1)

Within ten days after the date of service of the record referred to in section 154(2), the appellant shall file with the Registrar of the Syariah High Court a petition of appeal and five copies thereof addressed to the Syariah Appeal Court.

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(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If a petition is not filed within the time prescribed by this section, the appeal shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or restrict the powers of extending time conferred upon the Syariah Appeal Court by section 158.