Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 93

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s 93Syar'ie Judge take cognisance of offences other than offences punishable with hndd

(1)

Subject to this Code, a Syar'ie Judge may take cognisance of an offence -

(a)

on receiving a complaint under section 94;

(b)

on his own knowledge or with other evidence to support that such offence has been committed; or

(c)

on any person being brought before him in custody without process and accused of having committed an offence which the

Syar7ie Judge has jurisdiction to try.

(2)

When a Syar'ie Judge takes cognisance of an offence under subsection (l)(b). the accused or, when there are more than one accused. any one of them shall be entitled to require that the case shall not be tried by the

Syar'ie Judge but shall be tried by another Syar'ie Judge.