ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 2001
SYARIAH COURT (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 2001

PART I - PRELIMINARY



Section 2. Interpretation.

(1) In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Civil Court" means any court established under Article 121 of the Federal Constitution;

"Chief Syarie Judge" means the Chief Syarie Judge appointed under subsection 6 (1);

"Majlis" means the Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu established under the Administration of Islamic Religious Affairs (Terengganu) Enactment 1422H/2001M [Tr. En. 2/2001];

"previous Enactment" means the Administration of Islamic Religious Affairs Enactment 1986 [Tr. En. 12/86];

"previous Majlis" means the Majlis Agama Islam Adat Melayu established under the previous Enactment;

"Registrar" means the Chief Registrar and any Registrar, or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 10;

"State" means any state in Malaysia, and includes Federal Territories;

"Syariah Appeal Court" means the Syariah Appeal Court established under subsection 4 (3);

"Syariah Appeal Court Judge" means a Syariah Appeal Court Judge appointed under subsection 7 (1);

"Syariah Court" or "Court" means the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Subordinate Court, as the case may be, established under subsection 4 (1) or 4 (2);

"Syarie Judge" or "Judge" means a Judge of the Syariah High Court or the Syariah Subordinate Court, as the case may; appointed under subsection 8 (1) or 9 (1);

(2) All words and expressions in this Enactment and not defined in this Enactment but defined in Part I of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388] shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively in that Part to the extend that such meanings do not conflict with Hukum Syarak.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt as to the identity, interpretation of the words and expressions used in this Enactment that are listed in the First Schedule, reference may be made to the Arabic script for those words and expressions as shown against them in the Schedule.




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