Section 57. Arrest without warrant. (ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

PART III - RELIGIOUS COURTS-CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION

Section 57. Arrest without warrant.

Any police officer and, if no police officer is known to be available, any Penghulu or any Imam may arrest without warrant-

(a) any person who has committed or attempted to commit in his presence any offence against this Enactment involving a breach of the peace; or

(b)

any person who has committed in his presence any offence against this Enactment and who refuses or fails to give on request his full and true name and address; or

(c) any person against whom a warrant issued under this Enactment is extant, although such warrant is not in his possession,

and shall thereupon produce such person or cause him to be produced before the Court with unnecessary delay and in any event within twenty-four hours excluding the time of any necessary journey.