Procedures for trials are not clear In some cases the magistrate listens to the police officer about the crime and then asked the accused to explain. Based on the words of the two and sometimes after referring to unspecified religious books, the verdict and the sentence is pronounced. The procedures in other courts may be completely different. No specific laws are quoted although some vague reference to the Quran or the hadith may bye made. In Malaysia,procedures in a syariah court are fairly well standardised. Elements of the practices in other courts have been incorporated in those of the syariah courts. Lawyers are given a role to argue for the defendant. Usually fairly uniform except when different states have different ideas about constitutes Islamic justice. A substantial portion of the syariah laws have been codified.