Section 32. Sentence of imprisonment. (SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966

ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966
SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966

PART II - RELIGIOUS COURTS
PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Section 32. Sentence of imprisonment.

(1) A Court passing a sentence of imprisonment shall send the prisoner in the custody of a police officer or one of the Court's officer to the prison and deliver him to the officer in charge of the prison together with a warrant for his confinement and he shall be confined accordingly.

(2) If the prisoner has been in prison pending trial, the period so spent shall be treated as part of the period to be served under the sentence.

(3) The Court may in its discretion grant bail pending an appeal, but, if, such appeal be not prosecuted with due diligence, the Court may order re-arrest and the sentence shall be carried out.

(4) A sentence of imprisonment may be imposed in default of payment of a fine imposed under this Enactment but no such sentence of imprisonment shall exceed one-half of the term of imprisonment, if any, provided for the offence, or fourteen days, if the offence is punishable only by fine.