ENACTMENT NO. 02 OF 2001
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 1422H/2001M
PART III. - THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS AND THE FATWA COMMITTEE
Section 50. 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 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, submit the fatwa prepared to the Majlis.
(4) The Majlis may, after deliberating upon the fatwa, make a recommendation to the 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 Majlis if the Majlis considers such explanation or comments are required.
(6) When a fatwa has been assented to by the Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan, the Majlis 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 Jawi and Rumi script.
(9) Any statement made by the Fatwa Committee shall not to be taken to be a fatwa unless such statement is published in the Gazette in accordance with subsection (6).