Section 5
Process of courts
of Subordinate Courts Act 1948
All summonses, warrants, orders, rules, notices and mandatory processes whatsoever, whether civil or criminal shall—
(a)
(Deleted by Act 7 of 1964);
(b)
if issued or made by a Sessions Court, be signed by the
Sessions Court Judge, or be signed, on behalf of the Sessions
Court Judge, by a Magistrate of either class within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Sessions Court is situate or by the Registrar of the Subordinate Courts; and
(c)
if issued or made by a Magistrates’ Court, be signed by a
Magistrate of either class within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Court is situate, or be signed by a Registrar of the Subordinate Courts situate in the same town or place as the Magistrates’ Court,
(d)
(Deleted by Act A1382), and every such summons, warrant, order, rule, notice and mandatory process shall be sealed with the seal of the court issuing or making the same.
*(2) All summonses, warrants, orders, rules, notices and other processes whatsoever, whether civil or criminal, issued or made by or by the authority of any court respecting any cause or matter within its
*NOTE—For application in the States of Sabah and Sarawak–see P.U. (A) 357/1980.
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jurisdiction shall have full force and effect and may be served or executed anywhere within Peninsular Malaysia.