Section 164
Death sentence
of Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code
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Section 164
(1)
Where an offender is sentenced to death. the sentence shall direct that he be hanged by the neck or his neck be lopped off until he is dead or by using any other methods which can cause immediate, painless and respectable death.
(2)
If death sentence is carried out by other methods other than hanged by the neck according to subsection (I), the punishment shall be carried out according to the prescribed methods.