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Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 22

Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 22

s 22 How person arrested is to be dealt with and detention for more than twenty-four hours

(1) A Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer making an arrest without a warrant under this Act shall without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions of this Act as to bail or previous release, take or send the person arrested before a Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court. (2) No Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than is reasonable under all the circumstances of the case. (3) Such period shall not exceed twenty-four hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Court. (4) When the person arrested is brought before the Court, the Court shall immediately hear the charge against him or adjourn the case. (5) If the case against the accused is adjourned, the accused shall, unless he is released on bail, be remanded in prison or police custody under a remand warrant issued by a Judge in Form 1 of the Second Schedule.

Malay text (authoritative)

Bagaimana orang yang ditangkap hendaklah diperlakukan dan penahanan yang melebihi dua puluh empat jam

(1) Seseorang Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Agama atau pegawai polis yang membuat suatu penangkapan tanpa waran di bawah Akta ini hendaklah tanpa kelengahan yang tidak perlu dan tertakluk kepada peruntukan Akta ini tentang jaminan atau pelepasannya sebelum itu, membawa atau menghantar orang yang ditangkap itu ke hadapan seorang Hakim Mahkamah Rendah Syariah. (2) Tiada Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Agama atau pegawai polis boleh menahan dalam jagaan seseorang yang ditangkap tanpa waran selama tempoh yang lebih lama daripada yang munasabah dalam segala hal keadaan kes itu. (3) Tempoh itu tidak boleh melebihi dua puluh empat jam, tidak termasuk masa yang perlu bagi perjalanan dari tempat penangkapan ke Mahkamah itu. (4) Apabila seseorang yang ditangkap itu dibawa ke hadapan Mahkamah, Mahkamah hendaklah dengan serta-merta mendengar pertuduhan terhadap orang itu atau menangguhkan kes itu. (5) Jika kes terhadap tertuduh ditangguhkan, maka tertuduh hendaklah, melainkan jika dia dilepaskan atas jaminan, ditahan di dalam penjara atau jagaan polis di bawah waran penahanan yang dikeluarkan oleh seorang Hakim dalam Borang 1 Jadual Kedua.

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Find Act 560 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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).

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