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Syariah Courts Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
Syariah Courts Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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 —
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;
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
Syariah Courts
“Syariah Courts” means the Syariah Subordinate Courts, the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Appeal Court, as the case may be, established under section 6(1);
Provided that the Court may —
discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his making an apology to the satisfaction of the Court;
in lieu of taking cognisance of the offence, authorise a prosecution.
Syariah Courts
“Syariah Courts” means the Syariah Subordinate Courts, the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Appeal Court, as the case may be, established under section 6(1);