Syariah Court Civil Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1998 s 243
s 243 Letter of request
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Court or a Judge may, in the case of any pending proceedings before another Court, take evidence from any party or witness or other person and accept any documents submitted in the pending proceedings.
(2) The powers of the Court or a Judge under subsection (1) shall be exercised if there is a written request from the Court before which the proceedings are pending.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Court before which the proceedings are still pending may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, request another Court to take evidence from any party or witness in such proceedings, if the Court is satisfied that the party or witness cannot attend the Court on a reasonable ground or if the appearance of the party or witness will cause the party calling the witness to incur unreasonable expenses.
Malay text (authoritative)
Surat permintaan
(1) Tertakluk pada subseksyen (2), Mahkamah atau seorang Hakim boleh, dalam hal apa-apa prosiding yang belum selesai di hadapan Mahkamah lain, mengambil keterangan daripada mana-mana pihak atau saksi atau orang lain dan menerima apa-apa dokumen yang dikemukakan bagi prosiding yang belum selesai itu.
(2) Kuasa Mahkamah atau Hakim di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah dijalankan jika terdapat suatu permintaan bertulis daripada Mahkamah yang di hadapannya prosiding itu belum selesai.
(3) Walau apa pun subseksyen (1), Mahkamah yang di hadapannya prosiding itu belum selesai boleh, atas kehendaknya sendiri atau atas permohonan mana-mana pihak dalam prosiding itu, meminta Mahkamah lain mengambil keterangan daripada mana-mana pihak atau saksi dalam prosiding itu, jika Mahkamah itu berpuas hati bahawa pihak atau saksi itu tidak dapat hadir di Mahkamah itu kerana alasan yang munasabah atau jika kehadiran pihak atau saksi itu akan menyebabkan pihak yang memanggil saksi itu menanggung perbelanjaan yang tidak munasabah.
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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).
