Provided that, if the Majlis or the Legal Committee considers that the following of such orthodox tenets will be opposed to the public interest, the Majlis or the Legal Committee may, unless the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall otherwise direct, follow the less orthodox tenets of the Shafeite sect:

Provided further that, if the Majlis or the Legal Committee considers that the following of either the orthodox or the less orthodox tenets of the Shafeite sect will be opposed to the public interest, the Majlis may, with the special sanction of the Yang di-pertuan Agong, follow the tenets of any of the three remaining sects namely Hanafi, Maliki or Hambali as may be considered appropriate, but in any such ruling the provisions and principles to be followed shall be set out in full detail and with all necessary explanations.

(2) Any ruling given by the Majlis, whether directly or through the Legal Committe in accordance with the fore-going provisions shall, if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong so directs, be published by notification in the Gazette and shall thereupon be binding on all Muslims resident in the State.