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← Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966

Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 s 54B

s 54B Contemptuous behaviour

54B.—(1) The Court or an Appeal Board may by oral order exclude from any proceeding before the Court or Appeal Board any person whose behaviour, in the opinion of the Court or Appeal Board (as the case may be), constitutes any offence mentioned in the following paragraphs, whether or not that person is charged with that offence:(a) an offence under section 54A(4); (b) any offence under section 175, 178, 179, 180 or 228 of the Penal Code 1871 that is committed before the Court in that proceeding.[33/2017] [Act 11 of 2022 wef 17/08/2022] (2) Any member or officer of the Court or an Appeal Board, and any police officer, may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce an exclusion under subsection (1).[33/2017] [Act 11 of 2022 wef 17/08/2022] (3) In this section, “proceeding before the Court or an Appeal Board” includes proceedings before the Court or an Appeal Board, or any part of the proceedings before the Court or Appeal Board, conducted through any electronic means of communication.[Act 11 of 2022 wef 17/08/2022]

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