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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
Except in offences punishable with ??add or qisus, if it is proved that an accused person has absented himself and there is no immediate
*prospect of arresting him. the Syariah Court competent to try such person for the offence complained of may, in his absence, examine the witnesses, if any, produced on behalf of the prosecution and record their depositions.
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;
Any deposition recorded under subsection (1) may, on the arrest of such person. be given in evidence against him on the trial for the offence with which he is charged, if the deponent is dead or incapable of giving evidence or his attendance cannot be procured without an amount of delay, expense or inconvenience which under the circumstances of the case would be unreasonable.
A deposition under this section is qarinah.
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by this Code or any other written law for the time being in force;