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Syariah Courts Civil Procedure Code · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Contempt of Court
Syariah Courts Civil Procedure Code · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Contempt of Court
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where contempt of court is committed by a body corporate, any person who at the time of the commission of such contempt is a director, manager or secretary of the body corporate or other similar officer responsible for the management of the body corporate is deemed to be guilty of contempt unless he proves that —
Court
“Court” means the Syariah Subordinate Court, the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Court of Appeal as the case may be, as established under section 6(1) of the Syariah Courts Act;
the contempt was committed by the body corporate without his consent or connivance; or
he has exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the contempt as he ought to have exercised having regard to the function and nature of his office in the body corporate and to all the circumstances.
Court
“Court” means the Syariah Subordinate Court, the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Court of Appeal as the case may be, as established under section 6(1) of the Syariah Courts Act;
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