ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS ENACTMENT 2004
PART II - SYARIAH COURTS Constitution and jurisdiction.
Section 7. Appointment of Syariah Subordinate Court Judges.
(1) If the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may, on the recommendation of the Majlis and the State Chief Syar'ie Judge, appoint Syariah High Court Judges.
(2) A person is qualified for appointment under subsection (1) if he –
(a) is a citizen; and
(b) before his appointment, he has for a period of not less than ten years including a period of not less than one year has been a Syariah Subordinate Court Judge, been 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who, immediately before the commencement of this Enactment, was holding the post of Syariah High Court Judge under the Repealed Enactment and was performing judicial functions shall, on the commencement of this Enactment, continue to bold office as a Syariah High Court Judge as if he had been appointed under subsection (1).
(4) Every appointment under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette,