Section 32. Appointment of Mufti and Deputy Mufti. (ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 2002
ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002

PART III - THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS, THE FATWA COMMITTEE AND FATWA RELATING TO MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST

Section 32. Appointment of Mufti and Deputy Mufti.

(1) Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on the advice of the State Authority , after consulting the Majlis, may appoint any fit and proper persons to be the Mufti and Deputy Mufti for the State of Malacca.

(2) The appointment of the Mufti and Deputy Mufti shall be published in the Gazette.

(3) Upon the commencement of this section, the person who is the Mufti and Deputy Mufti for the State of Malacca immediately before the commencement of this section shall be deemed to have been appointed under this section as a Mufti and Deputy Mufti for the State of Malacca and shall continue to hold such appointment.