ENACTMENT NO. 8 OF 2002 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2002
PART III
OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2
OF ARREST, ESCAPE AN 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.