ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (PERAK) ENACTMENT 2004
PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS
Section 50. Jurisdiction of Syariah High Court.
(1) A Syariah High Court shall have jurisdiction throughout the State of Perak Darul Ridzuan and shall be presided over by a Syariah High Court Judge.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Chief Syariah Judge may sit as a Syariah High Court Judge and preside over such Court.
(3) The Syariah High Court shall--
(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a Muslim and punishable under the Islamic Family Law (Perak) Enactment 2004 [Enactment No. 6 of 2004] or under any other written law prescribing offences against precepts of the religion of Islam for the time being in force, and may impose any punishment provided therefor; and
(b) in its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all actions and proceedings if all the parties to the actions or proceedings are Muslims and the action or proceedings relate to--
(i) bethoral, marriage, ruju', divorce, annulment of marriage (fasakh), nusyuz, or judicial separation (faraq) or any other matter relating to the relationship between husband and wife.
(ii) any disposition of or claim to property arising out of any of the matters set out in subparagraph (i);
(iii) the maintenance of dependants, legitimacy, or guardianship or custody (hadhanah) of infants;
(iv) the division of, or claims to, harta sepencarian;
(v) wills or gifts made while in a state of marad-al-maut;
(vi) gifts intervivos; or settlements made without adequate consideration in money or money's worth by a Muslim;
(vii) wakaf or nazr;
(viii) division and inheritance of testate or intestate property;
(ix) the determination of the persons entitled to share in the estate of a deceased Muslim or the shares to which such persons are respectively entitled;
(x) a declaration that a person is no longer a Muslim;
(xi) a declaration that a deceased person was a Muslim or otherwise at the time of his death; and
(xii) other matters in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred by any written law.