Section 70. Where scene of offence is uncertain. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 8 OF 2002
SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2002

PART V
PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS
CHAPTER I
OF THE JURISDICTION OF CRIMINAL COURT IN TRIAL

Section 70. Where scene of offence is uncertain.

Where—

(a)

it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed;

(b)

an offence is committed partly in one local limit of jurisdiction and partly in another;

(c)

an offence is a continuing one and continues to be committed in more local limits of jurisdiction than one; or

(d)

it consists of several acts done in different local limits of jurisdiction,

the case may be heard by the Court having jurisdiction within any of the said local limits of jurisdiction.