ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1993 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993
PART III - MUFTI AND SYARIAH COMMITTEE
Section 48. Jurisdiction of Syariah High C
(1) A Syariah High Court shall have jurisdiction throughout the State of Penang and shall be presided over by a Syariah Judge.
(2) A Syariah High Court shall-
(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a Muslim and punishable under this Enactment or under any other written law prescribing offences against precepts of the religion of Islam for the time being in force, and may impose any punishment provided therefor;
(b) in i!s civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all actions and proceedings in which all the parties are Muslims and which relate to-
(i) betrothal, marriage, ruju', divorce, nullity of marriage (fasakh), nusyuz or judicial separation (faraq) or other matters relating to the relationship between husband and wife;
(ii) any disposition of, or claim to, property arising out of any of the matters set out in subparagraph (i);
(iii) the maintenance of dependants, legitimacy, or guardianship or custody (hadhanah) of infants;
(iv) the division of, or claims to, harta sepencarian;
(v) wills or death-bed gifts (marad-almaut) of a deceased Muslim;
(vi) gifts inter vivos, or settlements made without adequate consideration in money or money's worth, by a Muslim;
(vii) wakaf or nazar;
(viii) division and inheritance of testate or intestate property;
(ix) the determination of the persons entitled to share in the estate of a deceased Muslim or of the shares to which such persons are respectively entitled; or
(x) other matters in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred by any written law.