Syariah Courts Act · s 28A

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s 28AContempt

Notwithstanding any other written law, where any contempt is committed in the face of a Syariah Court, the Court may at any time before rising on the same day, take cognisance of the offence, record the facts constituting the offence and the statement, if any, made by the offender and sentence the offender —

(a)

in the case of a Syariah Subordinate Court, to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both;

(b)

in the case of the Syariah High Court and the Syariah

Appeal Court, to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both:

Syariah Courts

Provided that the Court may —

(i)

discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his making an apology to the satisfaction of the Court;

(ii)

in lieu of taking cognisance of the offence, authorise a prosecution.