Section 56. Appointment of Chief Syarie Judge (ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM

ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2006
ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
ENACTMENT 2006

PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS

Section 56. Appointment of Chief Syarie Judge

(1) The Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Pemerintah, after consulting the Majlis, may appoint a Chief Syarie Judge.

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

(a) is a citizen; and

(b) has for a period of not less than ten years before his appointment, been a Judge of the Syariah High Court or a Kadhi or a Registrar or a Syariah Prosecutor of a State or sometimes one and sometimes another.

(3) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding the post of Chief Syarie Judge under the previous Enactment and was performing judicial functions shall, on the commencement of this section, continue to hold office as the Chief Syarie Judge as ifhe had been appointed under subsection (1).

(4) The appointment under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.