ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW
PART III - RELIGIOUS COURTS-CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION
(2) If the hearing of the charge against any accused person is adjourned or postponed, such person shall, unless bail is granted, be remanded by warrant of the Court in custody and detained in prison pending trial.
(3) No Court shall remand, any accused person in custody for a term exceeding eight days at a time.
(4) The trial of any accused person detained in prison shall take place at the earliest possible time and in priority to all other work of the Court, even though specially fixed for hearing.