SYARIAH COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 3

in the English text, in the definition of “Registrar”, by substituting for the full stop at the end of the definition a semicolon; and

by inserting after the definition of “Registrar”

the following definition:

‘  “remote communication technology” has the meaning assigned to it in section 40a of the Administration Act.’.

Substitution of section 34

in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word

“prisoner” the words “or detained person”;

Syariah Court Civil Procedure (Federal Territories)

(Amendment)

in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “a prison”

the words “or detained under any written law, who is a witness or party in a proceeding,”; and

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words

“the witness in safe custody” the words “the person referred to in subsection (1)”.

Amendment of section 119

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

and

by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1)

the following subsection:

“(2)  The Court shall have the power to hear any cause or matter or any part thereof in camera if the

Court is satisfied that it is expedient in the interests of justice, public safety, public security or propriety, or for other sufficient reason so to do.”.

Amendment of section 247

in Form MS 3, by substituting for the word “defendant”

the word “respondent”;

i n F o r m M S 5 , b y d e l e t i n g t h e w o r d s

“Before me,

......................…....

Judge/Registrar”;

in Form MS 24—

in the heading of Form MS 24, by substituting for the words “IN PRISON” the words

“*CONFINED IN PRISON/DETAINED

UNDER ANY WRITTEN LAW”;

in Form MS 25—

in the heading of Form MS 25, by substituting for the words “IN PRISON” the words

“*CONFINED IN PRISON/DETAINED

UNDER ANY WRITTEN LAW”; and