Section 8. Appointment of Syariah High Court Judges. (SYARIAH COURT (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 2001

ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 2001
SYARIAH COURT (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 2001

PART III - APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND JURISDICTION OF SYARIAH COURTS

Section 8. Appointment of Syariah High Court Judges.

(1) The Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan, on the advice of the Menteri Besar, may appoint Syariah High Court Judges.

(2) A person is qualified for appointment under subsection (1) if-

(a)

he is a citizen who is a Muslim; and

(b)

he-

(i) has for a period of not less than ten years before his appointment, been a Judge of a Syariah Subordinate Court or a

Qadi

or a Registrar or a Syarie Prosecutor of a State or sometimes one and sometimes another;

(ii) has for a period of not less than ten years before his appointment been a

Peguam Syarie

of a State or at any time before that in any State; or

(iii) is a person learned in

Hukum Syarak.

(3) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding the post of a Syariah High Court Judge under the previous Enactment and was performing judicial functions shall, on the commencement of this section, continue to hold 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.