Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 319

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s 319Conduct of prosecutions

(1)

Any prosecution before the Syariah Court shall be conducted by -

(a)

the Chief Syar'ie Prosecutor or a Syar'ie Prosecutor;

(b)

any person expressly authorised in writing by the Chief

Syar'ie Prosecutor to act on his behalf: or

(c)

a wali-ad-dam, wali or the victim in offences punishable with qisas. with the leave of the Syariah Court.

(2)

The person mentioned in subsection (l)(c) may either appear in person or by a Syar'ie Lawyer.