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Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(Chapter 322)

Supreme Court (Criminal Appeals) Rules

R 6

REVISED EDITION 1997

(26th September 1997)

[15th March 1964]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Supreme Court (Criminal Appeals) Rules.¹

¹ Note: These Rules were made under section 87 of the Malaysia Act (M. Act 26/63) by the Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia, after consultation with the Chief Justices of the High Courts in Malaya, Borneo and Singapore, when Singapore was a component part of Malaysia.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appellant” means a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in any court and who by any written law is entitled to appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal, and includes where the context requires a person desirous of appealing;

“Court” means the Court of Criminal Appeal and includes a Judge thereof.