Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter IIL
118. When persons may be charged jointly
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When more than one person are accused of the same offence or of different offences committed in the same transaction, or when one person is accused of committing an offence and another of abetment or of attempt to commit the same offence. they may be charged and tried together or separately as the Syariah Court thinks fit, and the provisions contained in this
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
Chapter apply to all such charges.
A and B are accused of committing qatl. A and B may be charged and tried together with the offence of qatl.
C and D are accused of cohabitation in a house and during such time C drank liquor.
C and D may be charged and tried together for committing the offence of kl~alwat and C may also be charged for drinking liquor.
E is charged for the offence of teaching any doctrine relating to the religion of Islam in manner contrary to Hukum Svara '. F cooperated with E by gathering students to be taught by E. E and F respectively may be tried together or separately for the offence of teaching any doctrine relating to the religion of Islam in manner contrary to Hukum Svara' and charged for abetment.
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Terms defined in s 2
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
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