ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1992 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW ENACTMENT 1992
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 2. Interpretation.
(1) In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires-
"anak kariah" means a person who is permanently as habitually resident in the kariah masjid;
"appointed members" means the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and members appointed under subsection (2) of section 10.
"Court" or "Syariah Court" means the Syariah Lower Court, the Syariah High Court, or the Syariah Appeal Court, as the case may be, constituted under Syariah Courts Enactment 1992;
"Fund" means the Fund established under section 42;
"Imam" means an Imam appointed under section 6(3);
"Imam Ratib" means an Imam Ratib appointed under section 61(4) for a mosque;
"Islamic Law" means Islamic Law according to any valid Mazhab with priority to Mazhab Syarie;
"Islamic Consultative Committee" means the Islamic Consultative Committee established under section 38;
"jawatankuasa kariah" means a jawatankuasa kariah established under rules made under section 65;
"kariah or kariah masjid", in relation to a mosque, means the area the boundaries of which are determined under section 60, in which the mosque in situated;
"Majlis" means the Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah established under section 4(1);
"Minister" means the Minister charged with the responbility for the administration of the religion of Islam in the State of Sabah.