Section 22
Seals of Courts, language and records
of Syariah Courts Ordinance, 2001
⎯(1) Each Syariah Court shall have and use as occasion may require a seal of such nature or pattern as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe.
(2)
(a)
The Malay language shall be the language for all proceedings in the Syariah Court but the Syariah Court may in the interest of justice allow the use of any other language.
(b)
All documents or notes of proceedings may be in the Jawi or Romanised script.
(c)
Each Syariah Court shall keep and have in custody a complete and correct records in respect of all actions or proceedings before it, a complete and correct accounts in respect of all finances of the Syariah Courts and shall account for all moneys received in the manner provided by this Ordinance.
Jurisdiction does not extend to non-Muslims