ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004
ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (PERAK) ENACTMENT 2004

PART V - PROSECUTION AND REPRESENTATION



Section 69. Peguam Syarie.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), (3) and (4), the Majlis may admit any person having sufficient knowledge of Hukum Syarak to be Peguam Syarie to represent parties in any proceeding before a Syariah Court.

(2) The Majlis may, with the consent of Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan, make regulations to--

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1)--

may act as Peguam Syarie representing any party to any proceeding in a Syariah Court if the party could have been represented by him in the civil court by virtue of the Legal Profession Act 1971 [Act 166] without such member or person having admitted as an advocate and solicitor under that Act.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any person who has been admitted as Peguam Syarie under any written law in force in any State in Malaysia shall be admitted as a Peguam Syarie for the State of Perak Darul Ridzuan on application being made by him to the Majlis accompanied by evidence of his admission as a Peguam Syarie in that other State.

(5) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was admitted as a Peguam Syarie under the previous Enactment shall, subject to this Enactment, be deemed to have been admitted to be a Peguam Syarie and shall be entitled to appear in any Syariah Court on behalf of any party to any proceedings before the Syariah Court.

(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law, no person, other than a Peguam Syarie or a person mentioned in subsection (3), shall be entitiled to appear in any Syariah Court on behalf of any party to any proceedings before it.




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