ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1994 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SYARIAH) CODE 1994
PART VI - SPECIAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 21 - PROCEEDINGS IN CASES OF CERTAIN OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Section 175. Refusal to givr evidence.
If any witness before a Syariah Court refuses to give evidence or answer such questions as are put to him or to produce any document in his possession or power which the Court requires him to produce, and does not offer any reasonable excuse for such refusal, such Court may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, sentence him to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven days, unless in the meantime such person consents to give evidence or to be examined and to answer or to produce the document. In the event of his persisting in his refusal he may be dealt with according to the provisions of section 171 or section 173 notwithstanding any sentence he may have undergone under this section.