Section 47
Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court
of Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act 1993
A Syariah Subordinate Court shall have jurisdiction throughout the Federal Territories and shall be presided over by a
Judge of the Syariah Subordinate Court.
(2)
The Syariah Subordinate Court shall—
(a)
in its criminal jurisdiction, try any offence committed by a
Muslim under the Enactment or any other written law prescribing offences against precepts of the religion of
Islam for which the maximum punishment provided by the
Enactment or such written law does not exceed two thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term of one year or to both, and may impose any punishment provided therefor;
(b)
in its civil jurisdiction, hear and determine all such actions and proceedings as the Syariah High Court is authorized to hear and determine in which the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute does not exceed fifty thousand ringgit or is not capable of estimation in terms of money.
(3)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may from time to time by notification in the Gazette extend the civil jurisdiction of the Syariah
Subordinate Court.