ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004
PART II - SYARIAH COURTS Constitution and jurisdiction.
Section 5. Appointment of State Cheif Syar'ie Judge.
(1) The Yang di-Pertua Negeri may, on the recommendation of the Majlis, appoint a State Chief Syar'ie Judge.
(2) A person is qualified for appointment under subsection (1) if he -
(a) is a citizen; and
(b) before his appointment, has for a period of not less than ten years including a period of not less than one year has been a Judge of the Syariah Appeal Court or the Syariah High Court, been a Syariah Subordinate Court Judge or a Registrar or a Syar'ie Prosecutor of a State or sometimes one and sometimes another.
(3) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Enactment, was holding the post of State Chief Syar'ie Judge under the Repealed Enactment and was performing judicial functions shall, on the commencement of this Enactment, continue to hold office as the State Chief Syar'ie Judge as if he had been appointed under subsection (1).
(4) The appointment under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.