ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1982
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT ENACTMENT 1982

PART III - JURISDICTION OF SYARIAH COURT



Section 11. Jurisdiction of Court of Qadhi Jajahan.

The Court of Qadhi Jajahan shall:

(1) In its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a Muslim and punishable under this Enactment or any other written law for which the maximum punishment provided by law does not exceed a fine of three hundred ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both and may impose any punishment therefor provided.

(2) In its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all such actions and proceedings as the Court of Qadhi Besar is authorised to hear and determine, in which the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute does not exceed twenty thousand ringgit or is not capable of estimation in terms of money, except in the matter of the nasab.




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