Section 43. Appointment of Chief Syariah Judge (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1993
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT OF THE STATE OF PENANG 1993

PART III - MUFTI AND SYARIAH COMMITTEE

Section 43. Appointment of Chief Syariah Judge

(1) The Yang di - Pertuan Agong may, on the advice of the Majlis, appoint a Chief Syariah Judge.

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

(a) he is a citizen; and

(b) he-

(i) has, for.a period of not less than ten years preceding his appointment, been a Judge of a Syariah High Court or a Kathi or a Registrar of a Syariah Prosecutor of a State or sometimes

one and sometimes another; or

(ii) is a person learned in Islamic Law.

(3) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding the appointment of Kathi Besar under subsection (1) of section 38 of the Administration of Muslim Law Enactment 1959 and was performing judicial functions shall, on the commencement of this section, continue to hold office as the Chief Syariah Judge as if he had been appointed under subsection (1).

(4) The appointment under this section shall be published in the Gazette.