Section 3. Amendment of section 18. (ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ENACTMENT 1998

ENACTMENT NO. 10 OF 1998
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ENACTMENT 1998

Section 3. Amendment of section 18.

Section 18 of the principal Enactment is amended-

(a)

by substituting for the words "defence counsel" in subsection (5) the words "Peguam Syarie"; and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (6), the following subsection:

"(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law, no person, other than a Peguam Syarie or a person mentioned in section 18 (4), shall be entitled to appear in any Syariah Court on behalf of any party to any proceedings before it.".