Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
301. Powers of Syariah Subordinate Court Judge
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A Syariah Subordinate Court Judge holding an inquest under this
Judge
"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
Chapter shall have all the powers which he would have in holding an inquiry into an offence.
inquiry
"inquiry" includes every inquiry conducted before a Syar'ie Judge under this Code;
A Syariah Subordinate Court Judge holding an inquest under this
Chapter if he considers it expedient that the body of the deceased person should be examined by a medical officer in order to discover the cause of death may, whether a post-mortem examination has been made under
medical officer
"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);
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section 297 or not. issue his order to a medical olacer to make aposl-mor-tern examination of such body. and may for such purpose order such body to be exhumed.
Terms defined in this Act
cause of death
Defined · s 294"cause of death" include not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed how the deceased came by his death and whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person.
inquiry
Defined · s 2"inquiry" includes every inquiry conducted before a Syar'ie Judge under this Code;
Judge
Defined · s 2"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
medical officer
Defined · s 2"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);
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;