Section 31. Appointment Chief Religious Enforcement Officers and Religious Enforcement Officers. (SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004

ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004
SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004

PART III - PROSECUTION AND REPRESENTATION

Section 31. Appointment Chief Religious Enforcement Officers and Religious Enforcement Officers.

(1) The Majlis may appoint from amongst the members of the State public service a Chief Religious Enforcement Officer and Religious Enforcement Officers to carry out the investigation of offences under Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1995, or under any other written law which prescribes offences within the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court.

(2) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Enactment, was holding the post of Chief Religious Enforcement Officer or Religious Enforcement Officer under the Repealed Enactment shall, on the commencement of this Enactment, continue to hold office as a Chief Religious Enforcement Officer or Religious Enforcement Officer as if he had been appointed under subsection (1).