Section 19
Refusal to give name and residence
of Syariah Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 2001
—
When any person in the presence of a Religious
Enforcement Officer or police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence and refuses, on the demand of a
Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer, to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which such officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by that Religious
Enforcement Officer or police officer in order that his name and residence may be ascertained, and he shall, within twenty-four hours of the arrest, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest, be taken before the nearest Judge of a Syariah
Subordinate Court unless before that time his true name and residence are ascertained in which case he shall be forthwith released on his executing a bond for his appearance before a Judge if so required.
(2)
When any person is taken before a Judge of a Syariah
Subordinate Court under subsection (1), such Judge may either require him to execute a bond, with a surety, for his appearance before a
Judge if so required, or order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried.
(3)
When any person in the presence of a Religious
Enforcement Officer or police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence and, on the demand of a Religious
Enforcement Officer or police officer to give his name and residence, gives as his residence a place outside the State, he may be arrested by that Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer and he shall be taken forthwith before the nearest Judge of a Syariah Subordinate
Court who may require him to execute a bond, with a surety, for his appearance before a Judge if so required, or may order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried.
Persons arrested by pegawai masjid: how to be dealt with 20.
A pegawai masjid making an arrest without a warrant shall without unnecessary delay hand over the person so arrested to the nearest Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer or, in the absence of such officer, take such person to the nearest police station, and a Religious Enforcement Officer or police officer shall re-arrest every person so arrested.
Pursuit of offenders