ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1996 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996
PART III - OTHER GENERAL PROVISION CHAPTER 3 - OF PROCESSES TO COMPEL APPEARANCE Warrant of Arrest
Section 37. Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant is issued
(1) When a warrant of arrest is executed outside the limits of jurisdiction of the Court by which it was issued, the person arrested shall, unless security is taken under section 33, be brought before the nearest Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court.
(2) The Judge shall, if the person arrested appears to be the person intended by the Court which issued the warrant, direct his removal in custody to the Court named in the warrant:
Provided that if the offence is bailable and the person arrested is ready and willing to give bail to the satisfaction of the Court before which he is brought or a direction has been indorsed under section 33 on the warrant and such person is ready and willing to give the security required by such direction, the Judge shall take such bond or security, as the case may be, and forward the bond or security to the Court named in the warrant.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer from taking security under section 33.