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Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In any criminal case involving an offence other than an offence punishable with hadd or qisas and at any stage thereof before judgment, the
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
Chief Syar'ie Prosecutor may. either personally or in writing, inform the
Syariah Court that he intends that the proceedings shall not continue, and
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Criminal Procedure Code thereupon the accused shall be at once discharged in respect of such charges as may be specified, and if he has been committed to prison shall be released a or. if on bail, his bond and that of his sureties, if any. shall be discharged.
Such discharge shall not operate as a bar to any subsequent proceedings against him on account of the same facts.
When Chief Syar'ie Prosecutor may require Syariah Subordinate Court
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;