ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1994 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SYARIAH) CODE 1994
PART III - JUSTIFICATION OF OFFENCES CHAPTER 6 - INFORMATION TO THE RELIGIOUS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND POWER TO INVESTIGATE
Section 53. Procedure.
(1) Any information as aforesaid which relates to the commission of a non-seizable offence shall be referred by such officer to a Syariah Judge.
(2) No Religious Enforcement Officer shall in a case other than those mentioned in section 17 exercise any of the special powers in relation to investigations given by this Chapter without the order of the Chief Syariah Prosecutor.
(3) Any Religious Enforcement Officer receiving such order may exercise the powers in respect of the investigation given under this Chapter except the power to arrest without warrant.