ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 2002
ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS



Section 63. Reciprocal action.

(1) Where a Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia issues a warrant or summons, as the case may be, under the provisions of any law in force in that State, to be executed or served on any person who is or believed to be in the State of Malacca, any Syarie Judge may endorse the warrant or summons with his signature and the warrant or summons may be executed or served on such person as if the warrant or summons had been issued by a Syariah Court in the State of Malacca according to the provisions of this Enactment.


(2) Where a Syariah Court in the State of Malacca issues a warrant authorising the arrest of any person, or summons calling any person to appear in a Syariah Court, and such person is or is believed to be in other State in Malaysia and such warrant or summons are executed or served on such person in accordance with any law in force in that State, the warrant or summons shall for the purpose of this Enactment be deemed to have been lawfully executed or served as if the execution or service had been effected in the State of Malacca.


(3) Where a Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia makes an order or a judgment under the provisions of any law in force in that State against a person and such person is or is believed to be in the State of Malacca, a Syarie Judge, if satisfied that the order or judgment was duly issued by a competent Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia, may endorse the order or judgment and such order or judgment may be executed or served, as the case may be, as if it had been an order or a judgment lawfully made by a Syariah Court in the State of Malacca according to the provisions of this Enactment.




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