Syariah Courts Civil Procedure Code · s 138

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s 138Service of order

(1)

Every judgment or order requiring any person to do any act, other than the payment of money, shall state the time within which the act is to be done, if no time be stated, the act shall be done within 7 days from the date of the judgment or order.

(2)

Where the person required to do the act was personally present or represented by his Syar’ie Lawyer when the judgment or order was given or

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made, it shall not be necessary to serve him with a copy of the judgment or order.

(3)

Where the person was not personally present or represented, no proceedings for his arrest or commitment shall be taken unless he has been served with a copy of the judgment or order in Form MS 29.