ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1992 ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT ENACTMENT 1991
PART III - JURISDICTION OF SYARIAH COURT
Section 8. Jurisdiction of the Court of Chief Syarie Judge.
The Court of the Chief Syarie Judge shall :
[Am. En. No. 2 of 2000]
(1) In its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a Muslim and punishable under this Enactment or any State Islamic Law and may impose any punishment or make any order therefor provided.
(2) In its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all actions, proceedings and matters in which all the parties profess the Islamic religion and which relate to :
(i) betrothal, nikah, marriage (including taat balik), divorce, khuluk (tebus talak), fasakh, rights of wives, lian, ilak, invalid marriages or judicial separation or other matters relating to the relationship between husband and wife;
(ii) any disposition or division of, or claim to property arising out of any of the matters set out in subparagraph (i) of this section;
(iii) maintenance of dependants, legilimacy of children, guardianship or suctody of infants;
(iv) division of or claims to harta sepencarian;
(v) determination of nasab or faraid of persons entitled to the share of the estate of a deceased;
(vi) wills or death-bed gifts (marad-al maut) of deceased Muslims;
(vii) wills, wakaf or nazar; or
(viii) the division of, inheritance and administration of testate and intestate estates;
(ix) other matters in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred by any written law;
Provided that the Court shall not ordinarily try any offence, or hear or determine any action or proceedings in respect of which any Court of a Syariah High Court Judge has jurisdiction.