Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 353

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s 353Irregularities not to vitiate proceedings

Subject to the provisions of sections 351 and 352, no finding, sentence or order passed or made by a Syariah Court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed or altered on account of -

(a)

any error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, summons, warrant, charge, judgment or other proceedings before or during trial or in any other inquiry or proceeding under this Code;

(b)

the want of any sanction required by law;

(c)

the omission to inform an accused person of his rights under section 132; or

(d)

the improper admission or rejection of any evidence, unless such error, omission, improper admission or rejection of any evidence, irregularity, or want has occasioned a failure of justice.