ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004
PART II - SYARIAH COURTS Constitution and jurisdiction.
Section 12. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court.
(1) A Syariah Subordinate Court shall have jurisdiction throughout the Division or District where it is constituted and shall be presided over by a Judge of the Syariah Subordinate Court.
(2) The Syariah Subordinate Court shall –
(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a Muslim under the Majlis Ugama Islam Negeri Sabah Enactment 2004, Islamic Family Law Enactment 2004, Syariah Criminal Enactment 1995 or any other written law which prescribes offences where the maximum punishment provided by such Enactments or any other written law does not exceed three thousand ringgit, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both, and may impose any punishment provided for such offences; and
(b) in its civil jurisdiction, hear and decide all such actions and proceedings as a Syariah High Court is authorised to hear and decide, if the amount or value of the subject matter in dispute does not exceed one hundred thousand ringgit or is not capable of estimation in terms of moneys (not including claims of hadhanah or harta sepencarian.
(3) The Yang di-Pertua Negeri may, on the recommendation of State Chief Syar'ie Judge from time to time by notification in the Gazette extend the jurisdiction of the Syariah Subordinate Court.