Section 24
Reciprocal action and process of Court
of Syariah Courts Ordinance, 2001
⎯(1) Where a Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia issues a warrant or summons, whether civil or criminal, as the case may be, on a matter within its jurisdiction under the provisions of any law in force in that State, to be executed or served on any person who is or is believed to be in the State, the Chief Syariah Judge or a Syariah Judge may endorse the warrant or summons and such warrant or summons may be executed or served on such person as if the warrant or summons had been issued by a Syariah Court in the State according to the provisions of this Ordinance.
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(2)
Where a Syariah Court in the State issues a warrant authorizing the arrest of any person, or summons calling any person to appear in a Syariah Court, and such person is or is believed to be in any other State in Malaysia and such warrant or summons is executed or served on such person in accordance with the provisions of any law in force in that State, the warrant or summons shall, for the purpose of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been duly executed or served as if the execution or service had been effected in the State.
(3)
Where a Syariah Court in any State in Malaysia makes an order or a judgment under the provisions of any law in force in that
State against a person and such person is or is believed to be in the
State, the Chief Syariah Judge or a Syariah Judge, if satisfied that the order or judgment was duly issued or made by a competent Syariah
Court in any State in Malaysia, may endorse the order or judgment and such order or judgment may be executed or served on such person, as if it had been an order or a judgment lawfully issued or made by any Syariah Court in the State according to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(4)
A warrant, summons, order or any other process of Court issued or made by the Syariah Court under this section shall contain the seal and signature of the Chief Syariah Judge or the
Syariah Judge or an authorized officer of the Court.