ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2002 SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)
TERENGGANU ENACTMENT 1423H/2002M
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 3. Types of offences.
All offences under this Enactment shall be divided into three categories, namely -
(a) offences the punishments of which are ordained by the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. Such offences are referred as hudud offences and their punishments as hudud punishments.
(b) offences to which qisas applies and such offences also are ordained by the Holy Quran and the Sunnah and are referred to as qisas offence, and their punishments as qisas punishments; and
(c) Offences which are neither hudud nor qisas but left to the discretion of the legislature or according to this Enactment left to the discretion of the Court. Such offences are referred to as takzir offences and their punishments as takzir punishments;
Provided that where a hudud or a qisas offence cannot be punished with the hudud or qisas punishment respectively because it cannot satisfy the conditions required to apply such punishment the offence shall become a takzir offence and be punished accordingly.