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1.
—(1) Where there is pending any action or other proceeding by reason of which an infant is a ward of court, any application under the Guardianship of Infants Act (Chapter 122) (referred to in this Order as the Act), with respect to that infant may be made by summons in the proceeding, but except in that case any such application must be made by originating summons.
(2) Where the plaintiff has notice, before the commencement of proceedings under this Rule, that —
(a)
proceedings for divorce between the same parties have been commenced in the Syariah Court;
(b)
a decree or order for divorce between the same parties has been made by the Syariah Court; or
(c)
a divorce between the same parties has been registered under section 102 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Chapter 3),
the plaintiff shall file together with the application —
(i)
a Syariah Court commencement certificate; or
(ii)
the parties’ written consent to the commencement of civil proceedings and the Syariah Court certificate of attendance.
(3) Where either party to any proceedings under this Rule has notice, after the commencement of such proceedings, that —
(a)
proceedings for divorce between the same parties have been commenced in the Syariah Court;
(b)
a decree or order for divorce between the same parties has been made by the Syariah Court; or
(c)
a divorce between the same parties has been registered under section 102 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act,
that party shall file a notice of proceedings in the Syariah Court in Form 208.
(4) In this Rule —
“Syariah Court certificate of attendance” means the certificate of attendance issued by the Syariah Court under section 35A(7) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act in the form prescribed by the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules (Chapter 3, R 1);
“Syariah Court commencement certificate” means the certificate of commencement issued by the Syariah Court under section 35A(4) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act in the form prescribed by the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules.