Section 38. Appointment. (ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

PART III - RELIGIOUS COURTS-CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION

Section 38. Appointment.

(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall appoint a Kathi Besar, Malacca, and shall similarly appoint Kathis for such areas as he may prescribe. All such appointments shall be notified in the Gazette.

(2) The Yang di-Pertua Agong, on the advice of the Majlis, may from time to time grant letters of authority (Tauliah) to any Kathi Besar or Kathi and may by the terms of any such letter restrict the exercise of any powers which would otherwise be onferred on such Kathi Besar or Kathi by this Enactment.