ENACTMENT NO 4 OF 1955
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1955 (1374H)



FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 17)
THE STANDING RULERS AND RULERS AND ORDERS OF THE COUNCIL OF MUSLIM RELIGION AND MALAY CUSTOM

1. These Rulers may be cited as the Majlis Standing Rulers and Orders 195 and shall come into force on the day of , 19

Chairman.

2. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the Majlis or in his absence, His Highness the Sultan may appoint any other member to act as Chairman: Provide that His Highness the Sultan, if Present, may preside at any such meeting.

Quorum.

3. No business, save that of adjournment, shall be transacted and no resolution or action of the Majlis shall be valid, unless at loast one-third of the members, including the President, or a person appointed under the preceeding section to act as Chairmen, shall be present.

Conduct of business.

4. (1) Save as by this Enactment expressly provided, all business of the Majlis shall be conducted in a meeting thereof regularly convened and by resolution of the majority of those present and entitled to vote.

(2) A resolution in writing signed by all members of the Majlis shall, unless in any special case or class of cases His Highness the Sultan shall otherwise direct, have the same effect as a resolution duly passed under sub-section (1) of this section.

Summoning meetings.

5. (1) All meetings of the Majlis shall be summoned by the Secretary to the Majlis.

(2) The President may at any time direct the Secretary to the Majlis so to summon a meeting.

(3) Any four members of the Majlis may at any time in writing require the Secretary to the Majlis to summon a meeting of the Majlis, and shall upon so doing inform him of the purpose for which they desire the meeting to be so summoned.

(4) At least seven days notice in writing shall be given of every meeting:

Provided that in an emergency the President or the Chairman may direct that notice shall be dispensed with.

(5) Any notice may be sent by post addressed to a member at his last known place of residence and shall be deemed to have been served in the due course of post. No notice of meetings shall be necessary in the case of any member for the time being out of the State.

Power of officers.

6. (1) The President shall have general control of all deliberations and proceedings of the Majlis and shall be responsible therefor to His Highness the Sultan.

(2) The Chairman shall in the absence of the President exercise all the powers of the President.

Duties and powers of Secretary to Majlis.

7. Subject to the provisions of the last two rules, the Secretary to the Majlis shall, under the direction of the President, have charge of all correspondence and documents of the Majlis, and shall carry out the duties imposed upon him by this Enactment or allotted to him by order of the President.

Minutes.

8. (1) The Secretary to the Majlis shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Majlis and at every meeting the minutes of the previous meeting shall be read and confirmed, subject to any amendment which may be required.

(2) Such minutes shall be entered in the minute book of the Majlis and shall include a full verbatim record of every resolution of the Majlis.

(3) As soon as possible after every meeting of the Majlis a copy of the draft minutes shall be sent to His Highness the Su1tan. If on confirmation such draft minutes are amended, His Highness the Sultan shall forthwith be informed of the amendments made.

Order of business and voting.

9. (1) The President shall determine the order of business at any meeting.

(2) The President may decide in what order members may address the meeting and may at any time require any member cease addressing the meeting.

(3) The President shall be entitled to vote and if upon any resolution there is an equal number of votes the President or the Chairman shall have a casting vote.

Strangers at meetings.

10. The 'President may invite to any "meeting of the Majlis any person who is not a member of the Majlis if the business before the meeting, renders the presence of such person desirable. Any person so invited shall be entitled to take part in the discussion, but not to vote.

Certified copies of resolutions.

11. A copy of any resolution certified by the Secretary to the Majlis a true copy of such resolution shall be sufficient evidence thereof and all Courts shall take notice of the signature of the said Secretary.

Casual absences.

12. (1) The President or Secretary to the Majlis shall, if he desires to be absent on leave or for other reasons for more than twenty-one days, apply for leave to His Highness the Sultan who may give such directions as he may deem fit.

(2) Any, other member of the Majlis so desiring to be absent shall apply to the President, who may grant leave or submit the matter to His Highness the Sultan for his directions.

Acting in emergency.

13. In any case of emergency the President with the concurrence of the Commissioner may, after consultation with the Mentri Besar or in his absence the State Secretary do or direct to be done on behalf of the Majlis any act or thing which might lawfully be done by resolution of the Majlis:

Provided that in any such case a meeting of the Majlis shall be called within one week thereafter for the purpose of ratifying and confirming the action taken and, if the Majlis shall decline to ratify and confirm the same, His Highness the Sultan may give such directions thereon as he may deem fit.

Delegation of powers.

14. (1) The Majlis may by resolution approved by His Highness the Sultan delegate to the President or Secretary to the Majlis or to any committee of the Majlis such of its duties and powers, not being judicial or quasi-judicial powers as it may deem fit. For the purposes of this section the powers conferred on the Majlis by sections 20 and 21 of the Enactment shall be deemed to be quasi-judicial powers.

(2) It shall be the duty of every committee of the Majlis and of every person or other body to whom any powers of the Majlis may be delegated to inform the Majlis of all acts and things done in pursuance of such delegation.

Secrecy.

15. The proceedings of the Majlis shall be secret and no member or servant thereof or member or servant of the Department shall disclose to any person other than His Highness the Sultan or the Mentri Besar or any member of the Majlis or Department any matter which has arisen at any meeting, unless he is expressly authorised to do so:

Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to proceedings and matters which have been submitted to and have received the approval of His Highness the Sultan.

Channels of communication.

16. All communications on behalf of the Majlis to His Highness the Sultan shall be forwarded through the Mentri Besar or State Secretary, as His Highness may direct.




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