Section 18. Arrest without warrant. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 8 OF 2002
SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2002

PART III
OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2
OF ARREST, ESCAPE AN RE-ARREST

Section 18. Arrest without warrant.

Without prejudice to the provisions of any other written law, any Religious Enforcement Officer, police officer or Pegawai Masjid
may, without an order from a Judge and without a warrant, arrest—

(a)

any person ho has been concerned in any seizable offence in the State Pahang or against whom a reasonable complaint

has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been so concerned;

(b)

any person who has committed or attempted to commit in his presence any offence involving a breach of the peace;

(c)

any person against whom a warrant issued under this Enactment is still in force, although such warrant is not in his possession.