Section 33

If, in the course of any proceeding or at any time before the judgment or reserved judgment is delivered, the Syariah Supreme Court Judge hearing the proceeding is unable, through illness or any other cause, to attend and complete the proceeding or otherwise exercise his function as a Judge of that Court, then, if both parties consent, the Court shall continue the hearing and the judgment or reserved judgment, as the case may be, shall be delivered by not less than two

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remaining Judges of the Court, and for the purposes of the proceeding, the Court shall be deemed to have been properly constituted.

In any such case as mentioned in subsection (1), proceeding shall be decided in accordance with the majority opinion by the remaining Judges of the Court, and, if there is no majority, the proceeding shall be reheard.