ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2004 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
(STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 2004
PART III - THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS, THE FATWA COMMITTEE AND FATWA RELATING TO MATTERS OF NATIONAL INTEREST
Section 48. 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 him 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, make recommendation to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his assent for the publication of the fatwa in the Gazette.
(4) When a fatwa has been assented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Fatwa Committee shall inform the State Government of the fatwa and thereafter shall cause the fatwa to be published in the Gazette.
(5) A fatwa published in the Gazette shall be accompanied by a statement that the fatwa is made under this section.
(6) A fatwa shall be published in the national language in the Rumi script, but the text of the fatwa in the Jawi script may also be published.
(7) Any statement made by the Fatwa Committee shall not be taken to be a fatwa unless such statement is published in the Gazette in accordance with subsection (4).