Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 206

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s 206Postponement of order of execution of death sentence

(1)

Notwithstanding section 205(e)(ii), the Syariah Court may, in the case of death sentence, postpone its execution and extend the period or periods of repentance for such period as the Syariah Court thinks reasonable.

(2)

In any extended period of repentance under subsection (I), the officer in charge of place of detention shall as soon as possible furnish a report to the Syariah Court whether the offender is desirous to repent or not and bring the offender before the Syariah Court.

(3)

When the Syariah Court receives the report under subsection (2)

and the offender is brought before it, if -

(a)

the offender is desirous to repent, the Syariah Court shall act according to section 204; or

(6)

the offender refuses to repent after the expiration of the extended period under subsection (I), the Syariah Court shall order the offender to be further detained for such period as the Syariah

Court thinks reasonable.