Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 85

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s 85Interpretation and savings

(1)

In sections 82 and 83, "place' includes any building or part of a building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft and any other place whatsoever.

(2)

In sections 82 and 83, references to an offence charged include references to any other offence of which the accused could lawfully be convicted on that charge.

(3)

A person shall not have a case to answer or be convicted of an offence solely on an inference drawn from such failure or refusal as is mentioned in section 82, 83 or 84.

(4)

Nothing in section 82, 83 or 84 prejudices any power of a

Syariah Court in any proceedings to exclude evidence whether by preventing questions being put or otherwise at its discretion.

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(5)

Sections 82, 83 and 84 are applicable only in offences other than those punishable with hadd or qisas.

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