ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2006 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
ENACTMENT 2006
PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS
Section 62. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court
(1) A Syariah Subordinate Court shall have jurisdiction throughout Perlis 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 the Islamic Family Law Enactment Perlis or any other written law which prescribes offences against the precepts of the religion of Islam for which the punishment provided by such Enactment or other written law does not exceed three thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term of one year or both, and may impose any punishment provided for such offences; and
(b) in its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all such actions and proceedings as a Syariah High Court is authorised to hear and determine, if the amount or value of the subject matter in dispute does not exceed one hundred thousand ringgit or is not capable of estimation in terms of moneys (not including claims of hadhanah or harta sepencarian).
(3) The Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Pemerintah may from time to time by order published in the Gazette extend the jurisdiction of the Syariah Subordinate Courts.