Section 49. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1993
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

PART III - MUFTI AND SYARIAH COMMITTEE

Section 49. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court

(1) A Syariah Subordinate Court shall have jurisdiction throughout the State of Penang and shall be presided over by a Judge of the Syariah Subordinate Court.

(2) The Syariah Subordinate Court shall -

(a) in its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence

committed by a Muslim under this Enactment or any other written law prescribing offences against precepts of the religion of Islam for which the maximum punishment provided by this Enactment or such written law does not exceed two thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term of one year or to both, and may impose any punishment provided therefor;

(b) in its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all such actions and proceedings as the Syariah High Court is authorized to hear and determine in which the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute does not exceed fifty thousand ringgit or is not capable of estimation in terms of money.