ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 1980 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (AMENDMENT) ENACTMENT 1980.
Section 2. Amendment of section 40.
Section 40 of the Administration of Islamic Law Enactment 1955 [Tr. En. 4/55.] (hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Enactment") is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (3) new subsections (4) and (5) respectively as follows-
"(4) Any person summoned to answer a charge in respect of any offence which under section 155A might be compounded, may appear in answer to such charge either personally or by counsel, and may in any such case, by letter sent to the court by registered post, plead guilty to the charge and submit to the order of the court provided that the provision of this subsection shall not apply to any person who has been served with a notice under section 40A.
(5) Any summons issued in respect of a charge included in the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall contain a notice informing the person charged of his rights under that subsection and the amount of the fine to be imposed on him which sum shall accompany the letter pleading guilty to the offence.".