Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 17

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17.
How arrest is made
(1) In making an arrest, the Religious Enforcement Officer, police officer or other person making the arrest shall touch the body of the person or confine the person to be arrested, unless there is a submission to the custody by word or action.

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(2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him or attempts to evade the arrest, such officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
(3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of any person to be arrested who is not accused of an offence punishable with death.
(4) The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape.
A, a Religious Enforcement Officer, arrests B, a suspect in an offence punishable with death. When A is making the arrest, B forcibly resists the endeavour of arrest or attacks or threatens to attack A. A has the right to cause death of B if he cannot otherwise make his arrest.

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s 17How arrest is made

(1)

In making an arrest, the Religious Enforcement Officer, police officer or other person making the arrest shall touch the body of the person or confine the person to be arrested, unless there is a submission to the custody by word or action.

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(2)

If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him or attempts to evade the arrest, such officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.

(3)

Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of any person to be arrested who is not accused of an offence punishable with death.

(4)

The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape.

A, a Religious Enforcement Officer, arrests B, a suspect in an offence punishable with death. When A is making the arrest, B forcibly resists the endeavour of arrest or attacks or threatens to attack A. A has the right to cause death of B if he cannot otherwise make his arrest.