ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1996 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996
PART III - OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2 - OF ARREST. ESCAPE AND RE-ARREST
Section 20. Persons arrested by Pegawai Masjid: how to be dealt with
A Pegawai Masjid making an arrest without a warrant shall without unnecessary delay hand over the person so arrested to the nearest Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer or in the absence of such officer, take such person to the nearest police station, and a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer shall re-arrest every person so arrested.