Enactment No. 7 Of 2004 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 2004
PART III -GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CRIMINAL COURT CHAPTER I - OF AN INFORMATION TO SYARIE JUDGE AND RELIGIOUS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Section 8. Public, when to assist, Judge, etc.
Every person is bound to assist a Judge, Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer, reasonably demanding his aid—
(a) in the taking or preventing the escape of any other person whom such Judge, Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer is authorized to arrest; or
(b) in the prevention of a breach of the peace arising from the arrest and detention of such person.