ENACTMENT NO. 10 OF 1993 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1993
PART III - INFORMATION TO RELIGIOUS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THEIR POWER TO INVESTIGATE CHAPTER VI
Section 61. Search by Religious Enforcement Officer.
(1) If a Religious Enforcement Officer making an investigation considers that the production of any document or other thing is necessary to the conduct of an investigation into any offence which he is authorised to investigate and there is reason to believe that -
(a) the person to whom a summons or order under section 41 has been or might be issued will not or would not produce such document or other thing as directed in the summons or order; or
(b) when such document or other thing is not known to be in the posession of any person,
such officer may search or cause a search to be made for the same in any place.
(2) Such officer shall, if practicable, conduct the search in person.
(3) If he is unable to conduct the search in person, he may require any other Religious Enforcement Officer to make the search, and he shall deliver to such officer an order in writing specifying the document or other thing for which search is to be made and the place to be searched, and such officer may thereupon search for such thing in such place.
(4) The provisions of this Enactment as to search warrants shall, so far as may be, apply to a search made under this section.