ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1996 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996
PART VI - OF APPEAL AND REVISION CHAPTER 4 - PROCEEDINGS IN CASES OF CERTAIN OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Section 179. Judge not to try certain offences committed before himself
Except as provided in sections 173 and 178, no Judge shall try any person for any offence when such offence is committed before himself or in contempt of his authority, or with his knowledge in the course of a judicial proceedings.