Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law

Royal Malaysian Police is the major law enforcement agency in the country. The prime duty of the police force is to maintain the law and order of the country. This short essay seeks to discuss the police power regarding the enforcement of Islamic criminal law. The police power on the subject has bee...

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Main Author: Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu
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Language:English
Published: LexisNexis 2010
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description Royal Malaysian Police is the major law enforcement agency in the country. The prime duty of the police force is to maintain the law and order of the country. This short essay seeks to discuss the police power regarding the enforcement of Islamic criminal law. The police power on the subject has been a subject of discussion among the masses and sometimes, it is also misunderstood by the police officers themselves. The objective of this paper is basically to put down the police power as found under the Police Act and the relevant Shariah legislation.
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spelling iium-33372024-12-17T08:56:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3337/ Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu K Law (General) KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh KPG Malaysia Royal Malaysian Police is the major law enforcement agency in the country. The prime duty of the police force is to maintain the law and order of the country. This short essay seeks to discuss the police power regarding the enforcement of Islamic criminal law. The police power on the subject has been a subject of discussion among the masses and sometimes, it is also misunderstood by the police officers themselves. The objective of this paper is basically to put down the police power as found under the Police Act and the relevant Shariah legislation. LexisNexis 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3337/1/Shamrahayu_-police_powers.pdf Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu (2010) Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law. Malayan Law Journal, 6. xxxviii-xli. ISSN 0025-1283 http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?153134
spellingShingle K Law (General)
KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
KPG Malaysia
Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu
Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title_full Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title_fullStr Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title_full_unstemmed Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title_short Police powers in the enforcement of Islamic criminal law
title_sort police powers in the enforcement of islamic criminal law
topic K Law (General)
KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
KPG Malaysia
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