Section 57A

Where a Syariah Court in the Federal Territories issues a warrant authorizing the arrest of any person or summons calling any person to appear in a Syariah Court, and such person is or is believed to be in another State in Malaysia and such warrant or summons is executed or served on such person in accordance with any law of that

State, the warrant or summons shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to have been duly executed or served as if the execution or service had been effected in the Federal Territories.

Where a Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia makes an order or a judgment under any law of that State against a person and such person is or is believed to be in the Federal Territories, a Syariah Judge, if he is satisfied that the order or judgment was duly issued by a competent Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia, may endorse the order or judgment and such order or judgment may be executed or served, as the case may be, as if it had been an order or a judgment

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lawfully issued by any Syariah Court in the Federal Territories according to the provisions of this Act.

Where a Syariah Court in the Federal Territories makes an order or a judgment against any person or an order calling any person to appear in a Syariah Court and such person is or is believed to be in another State in Malaysia and the order or judgment is executed or served on such person in accordance with any law of that State, such order or judgment shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to have been duly executed or served as if the execution or service had been effected in the Federal Territories.