Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 19
Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 19
s 19 Refusal to give name and residence
(1) When any person in the presence of a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence and refuses, on the demand of such officer, to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by such officer in order that his name and residence may be
ascertained, and he shall, within twenty-four hours of the arrest, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest, be taken before the nearest Judge of the Syariah Subordinate Court unless before that time his true name and residence are ascertained in which case such person shall be forthwith released on his executing a bond for his appearance before a Judge if so required.
(2) When any person is taken before a Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court under subsection (1), such Judge may either require him to execute a bond, with a surety, for his appearance before a Judge if so required, or may order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried.
(3) When any person in the presence of a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence and on the demand of such officer to give his name and residence gives as his residence a place outside the Federal Territories, he may be arrested by such officer and shall be taken forthwith before the nearest Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court who may require him to execute a bond, with a surety, for his appearance before a Judge if so required, or may order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried.
Malay text (authoritative)
Enggan memberikan nama dan kediaman
(1) Apabila mana-mana orang melakukan atau dituduh melakukan suatu kesalahan tak boleh tangkap di hadapan seseorang Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Agama atau pegawai polis dan enggan, apabila dikehendaki oleh pegawai itu, untuk memberikan nama dan kediamannya atau memberikan nama atau kediaman yang pegawai itu ada sebab untuk mempercayai adalah palsu, dia boleh ditangkap oleh pegawai itu untuk membolehkan nama dan kediamannya ditentukan, dan dia hendaklah, dalam masa dua puluh empat jam dari waktu dia ditangkap, tidak termasuk masa yang diperlukan bagi perjalanan dari tempat penangkapan itu, dibawa ke hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Rendah Syariah yang terdekat melainkan jika sebelum itu nama dan kediamannya yang sebenar telah ditentukan dan dalam hal sedemikian orang itu hendaklah dilepaskan dengan serta-merta apabila dia menyempurnakan suatu bon untuk hadir di hadapan seorang Hakim jika dikehendaki sedemikian.
(2) Apabila mana-mana orang dibawa ke hadapan seorang Hakim Mahkamah Rendah Syariah di bawah subseksyen (1), Hakim itu boleh sama ada menghendaki dia menyempurnakan suatu bon, dengan penjamin, untuk hadir di hadapan seorang Hakim jika dikehendaki sedemikian, atau boleh memerintahkan supaya dia ditahan dalam jagaan sehingga dia boleh dibicarakan.
(3) Apabila mana-mana orang di hadapan seseorang Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Agama atau pegawai polis melakukan atau dituduh melakukan suatu kesalahan tak boleh tangkap dan apabila dikehendaki oleh pegawai itu supaya memberikan nama dan kediamannya, memberikan sebagai kediamannya, suatu tempat di luar Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan, dia boleh ditangkap oleh pegawai itu dan hendaklah dengan serta-merta dibawa ke hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Rendah Syariah yang terdekat yang boleh menghendakinya supaya menyempurnakan suatu bon, dengan penjamin, untuk hadir di hadapan seorang Hakim jika dikehendaki sedemikian, atau boleh memerintahkan supaya dia ditahan dalam jagaan sehingga dia boleh dibicarakan.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
