ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (PERAK) ENACTMENT 2004
PART III - THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS, THE FATWA COMMITTEE AND FATWA RELATING TO MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST
Section 37. Procedure in making a fatwa.
(1) Before a Fatwa Committee makes a fatwa, the Mufti may cause any study or research to be carried out as directed by him and a working paper to be prepared.
(2) Whenever the Committee proposes to make a fatwa, the Mufti shall call a meeting of the Fatwa Committee for the purpose of discussing the proposed fatwa.
(3) After a fatwa is prepared by the Fatwa Committee, the Mufti shall, on behalf and in the name of the Fatwa Committee, inform the Majlis regarding the fatwa prepared.
(4) The fatwa Committee may make a recommendation to Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan for His assent for the publication of the fatwa in the Gazette.
(5) The recommendation made under subsection (4) shall be accompanied by an explanatory memorandum and comments from the Fatwa Committee if the Fatwa Committee considers such explanation and comments are required.
(6) When a fatwa has been assented to by Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan, the Fatwa Committee shall inform the State Government of the fatwa and thereafter shall cause the fatwa to be published in the Gazette.
(7) A fatwa published in the Gazette shall be accompanied by a statement that the fatwa is made under this section.
(8) A fatwa shall be published in the national language in the rumi and jawi script, and the nas of the fatwa shall be in the jawi script.
(9) Any statement made by the Mufti or the Fatwa Committee shall not be taken to be a fatwa unless such statement is published in the Gazette in accordance with subsection (6).