PART II - THE APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MUFTI, POWER OF THE STATE FATWA COUNCIL AND FATWA RELATING TO MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST
Section 15. Protection for Mufti and member of State Fatwa Council.
(1) Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, the Mufti and any member of the State Fatwa Council shall not be liable to be summoned to any Civil or Syariah Court to give opinion or evidence relating to Islamic Law, but if in any court other than a Syariah Court, any question of Islamic Law calls for a decision that court may request the opinion of the Mufti on the question, and the Mufti may certify his opinion to the requesting court.
(2) The Mufti and any members of State Fatwa Council shall not be summoned to any Syariah and Civil Court for any fatwa that has been gazetted, provided that the fatwa was given in good faith and in accordance to the power provided for under this Enactment.