Section 7B

There shall be attached to the Syariah Courts such interpreters, clerks, bailiffs, process-servers and other officers as, from time to time, appear to the Chief Syar’ie Judge to be necessary for the administration of

Syariah Courts

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justice and the due execution of all powers and duties which are vested in the

Syariah Courts.

Bailiffs, process-servers and any person generally or specially authorised by the Chief Syar’ie Judge to do so shall execute all writs, summonses, warrants, orders, notices and other mandatory processes of a

Syariah Court given to them, and shall make a return of the same together with the manner of the execution thereof to the Court from which the process was issued, and shall arrest and receive all such persons and property as are committed to the custody of a Syariah Court.

A bailiff or other person in executing any writ of seizure and sale or any other writ of execution or of distress may effect an entry into any building, and for that purpose, if necessary, may break open any outer or inner door or window of the building or any receptacle therein, using such force as is reasonably necessary to effect an entry.