ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 2000 ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT ENACTMENT 1991 (AMENDMENT) 1996
Section 3. Amendment of the section 6.
Section 6 of the Enactment is amended -
(a) by deleting sub-section (1) and replacing the same with the following:
Appointment of Chief Syariah Judge.
"(1) The Ruler upon the advice of the Majlis shall appoint a Chief Syarie Judge.
(1A) A person shall only be deemed to be fit for appointment under sub-section (1) if:
(a) he is a citizen of Malaysia; and
(b) he shall have held the office of Syariah High Court Judge or a Kadi or a Registrar or a Pendakwa Syarie of any State for a period of not less than ten (1) years or has for a period of not less than ten (10) years held sonetimes one and sometimes another of the offices and is learned in Hukum Syarak."
(b) by deleting sub-section (2) and replacing the same with the following :
"(2) Any person who prior to the commencement of this section holds the office of Kadi Besar under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Enactment and carries out the judicial functions thereof, shall upon the commencement of this section hold the office as the Chief Syarie Judge as if he was duly appointed under sub-section (1).
(2A) The appointment under this section shall be published in the Gazette"; and
(c) by replacing the words "Kadi Besar" wherever appearing in the Enactment (1991) with the words "Chief Syarie Judge".