Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 150

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150. (1) Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a person convicted of an offence if it appears to the Syariah Court that at the time when the offence was committed he was not mukallaf or has not attained the age of baligh; but in lieu thereof the Syariah Court shall sentence such person to be detained during the pleasure of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan and, if so sentenced, he shall be liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may direct, and whilst so detained is deemed to be in legal custody.
(2) Subject to the powers of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this Code and any other written law, if a person is ordered to be detained under subsection (I), the Board of Visiting Justices for the prison or the board of visitors for any other place -
(a) shall review that person's case at least once a year; and
(b) may recommend to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan on the early release or fh-ther detention of that person, and His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may thereupon order him to be released or further detained, as the case may be.

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s 150

(1)

Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a person convicted of an offence if it appears to the Syariah Court that at the time when the offence was committed he was not mukallaf or has not attained the age of baligh; but in lieu thereof the Syariah Court shall sentence such person to be detained during the pleasure of His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan and, if so sentenced, he shall be liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may direct, and whilst so detained is deemed to be in legal custody.

(2)

Subject to the powers of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under this Code and any other written law, if a person is ordered to be detained under subsection (I), the Board of Visiting Justices for the prison or the board of visitors for any other place -

(a)

shall review that person's case at least once a year; and

(b)

may recommend to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan on the early release or fh-ther detention of that person, and His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may thereupon order him to be released or further detained, as the case may be.