ENACTMENT A28 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (TERENGGANU) (AMENDMENT) ENACTMENT 2012
Section 16. New section 87A and 87B
The principal Enactment is amended by inserting after section 87 the following section:
“Acting as Imam, Khatib, or Bilal at Friday prayer
87A. (1) No person shall act as Imam, Khatib, or Bilal in relation to the performance of any Friday prayer at any place unless he is an Imam, Khatib, or Bilal appointed under this Part or he is a person authorized in writing by the Majlis to so act in relation to the particular Friday prayer in question.
(2) No person so appointed shall act as Imam, Khatib, or Bilal in relation to the performance of any Friday prayer, other than at the mosque to which he is for the time being appointed, or assigned by the Majlis, unless he is so authorized by the Majlis .
(3) Any person who contravenes the provision of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.
Khutbah
87B. (1) Only khutbah approved by the Majlis be read as khutbah for the purpose of Friday prayers or Hari Raya prayers or other prayers involving the reading of khutbah.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provision of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.”.