Singapore legislation

Section 41

of Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966

Section 41

Reciprocal arrangements with States of Malaysia

(1)

Where under the provisions of any law in force in any of the States of Malaysia a Kadi has issued a summons requiring any person to appear before any Muslim religious court in any of the States of Malaysia, and such person is or is believed to be in Singapore, any president of the Court may endorse the summons with his or her name, and such summons may then be served on such person as if it were a summons issued by the Court under the provisions of this Act.

(2)

Where under the provisions of any law in force in any of the States of Malaysia a summons issued by the Court or a Kadi in Singapore has been endorsed by a Kadi in such State and served on the person summoned, such summons is for the purposes of this Act deemed to have been as validly served as if such service had been effected in Singapore.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, Kadi includes a Chief Kadi, a Kadi Besar, an Assistant Kadi or a Naib Kadi.