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in any proceedings in which a person is charged with an offence in consequence of which death is alleged to have occurred;

to try an offence which is an offence under the Penal

Code [Act 574];

in any proceedings concerning marriage or divorce regulated by the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976

[Act 164], unless it is a claim arising only in regard to bride-price or adultery and founded only on native law and custom;

in any proceedings affecting the title to or any interest in land which is registered under the Land Code [Cap. 81 (1958

Ed.)];

to try any case involving a breach of native law or custom if the maximum penalty which it is authorized to pass by virtue of section 11 is less severe than the minimum penalty prescribed for such offence;

over cases arising from the breach of the Islamic

Family Law Ordinance, 2001 [Cap. 43], and any rules or regulations made thereunder;

in respect of any criminal or civil matter of the nature arising within the jurisdiction of any of the Syariah Courts as prescribed for such Courts under the provisions of the Syariah

Courts Ordinance, 2001 [Cap. 42]; or

in any proceedings taken under any written law in force in the State.

[Am. Cap. A87; Am. Cap. A118.]

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