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Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Chapter IV · General Offences
Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Chapter IV · General Offences
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Any person who intentionally insults or interrupts any public servant while the public servant is sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
For the purposes of subsection (1), “stage of a judicial proceeding” includes —
an investigation directed by law preliminary to a proceeding before a Court, though that investigation may not take place before a Court;
an investigation directed by a Court under the law and conducted under the authority of Court, though that investigation may not take place before a Court.
Syariah Penal Code
Court
“Court” means the Syariah Courts established under section 6(1) of the Syariah Courts Act;
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