ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1994 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SYARIAH) CODE 1994
PART II - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CRIMINAL COURT CHAPTER 3 - OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RE-ARREST
Section 21. How person arrested si to be dealt with and detention for more than twenty-four hours.
(1) A Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer making an arrest without a warrant under this Code shall without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions herein as to bail or previous release take or send the person arrested before a Syariah Court Judge.
(2) No Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant fora longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable.
(3) Such period shall not exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Syariah Court.
(4) When the person arrested is brought before the Court, the Court shall immediately hear the charge against him or adjourn the case.
(5) If the charge against the accused is adjourned, the person shall, unless he is released on bail, be remanded in prison or police custody under a remand warrant issued by a Judge in Form 1 set out in the Schedule.