Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 37
s 37 Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant is issued
(1) When a warrant of arrest is executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court by which it was issued, the person arrested shall, unless security is taken under section 33, be brought before the nearest Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court.
(2) The Judge shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to the Court named in the warrant.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the offence is bailable and the person arrested is ready and willing to give bail to the satisfaction of the Court before which he is brought, or a direction has been indorsed under section 33 on the warrant and such person is ready and willing to give the security required by such direction, the Judge shall take such bond or security, as the case may be, and forward the bond to the Court named in the warrant.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer from taking security under section 33.
Other Rules regarding Summonses to Appear and Warrants of Arrest
Malay text (authoritative)
Tatacara tentang penangkapan orang yang terhadapnya waran dikeluarkan
(1) Apabila waran tangkap dilaksanakan di luar had bidang kuasa tempatan Mahkamah yang mengeluarkannya, maka orang yang ditangkap itu hendaklah, melainkan jika jaminan telah diambil di bawah seksyen 33, dibawa ke hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Rendah Syariah yang terdekat.
(2) Hakim itu hendaklah, jika ternyata orang yang ditangkap itu ialah orang yang dimaksudkan oleh Mahkamah yang mengeluarkan waran itu, mengarahkan pemindahan orang itu dalam jagaan ke Mahkamah yang dinamakan dalam waran itu.
(3) Walau apa pun subseksyen (2), jika kesalahan itu boleh dijamin dan orang yang ditangkap itu sedia dan sanggup memberikan jaminan yang memuaskan hati Mahkamah yang ke hadapannya dia dibawa, atau suatu arahan telah diendorskan di bawah seksyen 33 di atas waran itu dan orang itu sedia dan sanggup memberikan jaminan yang dikehendaki oleh arahan itu, maka Hakim itu hendaklah mengambil bon atau jaminan itu, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, dan mengemukakan bon itu kepada Mahkamah yang dinamakan dalam waran itu.
(4) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam seksyen ini boleh disifatkan sebagai menghalang seseorang Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Agama atau pegawai polis daripada mengambil jaminan di bawah seksyen 33.
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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).
