Section 53. Summons and warrant. (ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956

ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1956
ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956

PART III - RELIGIOUS COURTS JURISDICTION
Procedure in Criminal Proceedings

Section 53. Summons and warrant.

(1) On receiving information of the commission of an offence within its jurisdiction to try, the Court may issue a summons to the accused person to appear before it at a stated time and place .

(2) The summons shall state the general nature of the offence charged and the section of this Enactment under which it is punishable.

(3) If the accused has failed to obey a summons duly served on him, or if the offence is one punishable by Imprisonment and there is good ground to believe that a summons will be ineffective, either by reason that the accused cannot be round or that he is likely to disobey such summons, the Court may issue a warrant addressed to the Chief Police Officer and all other police officers and Penghulu in the State requiring them to arrest the accused and produce him before the Court. The warrant shall contain the particulars set out in subsection (2) of this section. The accused shall be arrested and produced accordingly:

Provided that if the arrest is made by a Penghulu the accused shall without unnecessary delay be handed over to a police officer or taken to the nearest police station.