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Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter 11
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where, on an appeal under section 258, the Syariah Appeal
Court is of opinion that the case is not one where there should have been a verdict of acquittal but that there should have been a finding that the accused person was under disability, the Syariah Appeal Court shall make an order that the appellant be admitted to prison or other suitable place of safe custody as the Syariah Appeal Court may direct.
Where in accordance with section 259(4)(b) the Syariah Appeal
Court substitutes a verdict of acquittal and it is of opinion that -
the appellant is suffering from mental disorder of a nature or degree which warrants his detention in a suitable place of safe custody (with or without medical treatment); and
he ought to be so detained in the interests of his own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons,
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the Syariah Appeal Court shall make an order that the appellant be admitted to such prison or other suitable place of safe custody as may be specified.
On making an order under this section, the Syariah Appeal Court may give such directions as it thinks fit for his detention pending his admission to prison or other suitable place of safe custody.
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