ENACTMENT No. 3 Of 1989 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1988
PART II - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CRIMINAL COURTS Chapter III - OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RE-ARREST
Section 22. How person arrested is to be dealt with and detention for more than twenty-four hours.
(1) A Penyelia Agama or Pegawai from the Majlis or Police Officer making an arrest without a warrant under this Enactment shall without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein as to bail or previous release take or send the person arrested before a Kadi's Court.
(2) No Penyelia Agama or Pegawai from the Majlis or Police Officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable.
(3) Such period shall not exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Kadi's Court.
(4) When the person arrested is brought before the Court, the Court shall immediately hear the charge against him or adjourned the case.
(5) If the charge against the accused is adjourned, the person shall, unless he is released on bail be remanded in prison under a remand warrant issued by a Kadi as in Form 2A of the Schedule.