ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 2. Interpretation.
(1) In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires –
"Chief Syar'ie Prosecutor" or "Syar'ie Prosecutor" means the Chief Syar'ie Prosecutor or Syar'ie Prosecutor appointed under subsection 30(1) and (4);
"Civil Court" means any court established under Article 121 of The Federal Constitution;
"Court" or "Syariah Court" means the Syariah Appeal Court, Syariah High Court or the Syariah Subordinate Court, as the case may be, established under section 4;
"Islamic Law" means Islamic Law according to Mazhab Syafie or any one of Mazhab Maliki, Hanafi or Hanbali;
"Judge" or "Syar'ie Judge" means a Judge of the Syariah Appeal Court, the High Court or the Syariah Subordinate Court, as the case may be, appointed under subsection 6(1), 7(1) or 9(1);
"Majlis" means the Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah established under section 4(1) Majlis Ugama Islam Negeri Sabah Enactment 2004;
"Minister' means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the administration of Islamic affairs in the State of Sabah;
"Registrar" means the Chief Registrar or Registrar or Deputy Registrars or Assistant Registrars appointed under section 10;
"Religious Enforcement Officer" means Religious Enforcement Officers appointed under section 31(1) and includes the Chief Religious Enforcement Officer;
"Repealed Enactment" means the Syariah Courts Enactment 1992;
"State" includes the Federal Territories Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya;
"State Chief Syar'ie Judge" means the Sabah State Chief Syar'ie Judge appointed under subsection 5(1);
"Syar'ie Lawyer" means a person who has been admitted as a Syar'ie Lawyer under section 32.
(2) All words and expressions used in this Enactment and not defined therein but defined in the Interpretation and General Clauses Enactment 1963 shall have the same meanings assigned thereto respectively to the extend that they are not inconsistent with Islamic Law.