ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966 SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966
PART II - RELIGIOUS COURTS
Section 17. Reciprocal arrangements with the States of Johore, Kedah, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Terengganu.
(1) Whereas under the provisions of any law in force in the States of Johore, Kedah, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu, a Kadhi Besar, a Kadhi or Naib Kadhi has issued a summons requiring a person to appear before any religious court in the States of Johore, Kedah, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu and such person is believed to be in the State of Kelantan, a Kadhi Besar or Kadhi in the State of Kelantan, if satisfied that such summons was issued by a Kadhi Besar, Kadhi or Naib Kadhi in the States of Johore, Kedah, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu may endorse the summons with his name, and such summons may then be served on such person as if it were a summons issued by a Kadhi Besar or by a Kadhi in the State of Kelantan made under the provision of this Enactment.
(2) Where under the provisions of any law in force in the States of Johore, Kedah , Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu corresponding to the last preceding sub-section a summons issued by a Kadhi Besar or a Kadhi or Naib Kadhi in the States of Johore, Kedah, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu and served on the person accused, such summons shall for the purposes of this Enactment be deemed to have been validy served as if such service has been effected in the State of Kelantan.