Original Enactment


NEGERI MELAKA

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

Date of Royal Assent :21 November 2002
Date of publication in the Gazette :28 November 2002
Date of coming into operation :14 June 2003 [M.P.U. 14/2003]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Long Title & Preamble

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Section 1. Short title and commencement.
Section 2. Interpretation.
Section 3. Saving of prerogative.

PART II - MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM MELAKA

Section 4. Establishment of the Majlis.
Section 5. Legal identity and functions of the Majlis.
Section 6. The Majlis shall aid and advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Section 7. Duty of the Majlis for the economic and social development of Muslims.
Section 8. Power to establish companies.
Section 9. Power to borrow.
Section 10. Membership of the Majlis.
Section 11. Termination of appointments.
Section 12. Revocation of appointments.
Section 13. Publication of appointments and revocations in the Gazette.
Section 14. Control by the Chairman.
Section 15. Secretary.
Section 16. Attendance of non-members at meetings of the Majlis.
Section 17. Presiding over meetings.
Section 18. Quorum.
Section 19. Conduct of business.
Section 20. Summoning of meetings.
Section 21. Minutes.
Section 22. Order of business.
Section 23. Certified copies of resolution.
Section 24. Application for leave by the Chairman and other members.
Section 25. Action in cases of urgency.
Section 26. Committees.
Section 27. Delegation of duties and powers of the Majlis.
Section 28. Appointment of officers and servant of the Majlis.
Section 29. Secrecy.
Section 30. Public servant.
Section 31. Majlis may determine its own procedure.

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.
Section 33. Functions of the Mufti.
Section 34. Fatwa Committee.
Section 35. Power of the Fatwa Committee to prepare a fatwa.
Section 36. Procedure in making a fatwa.
Section 37. A fatwa published in the Gazette is binding.
Section 38. Amendment, modification or revocation of fatwa.
Section 39. Fatwa which relates to matters of national interest.
Section 40. Adoption of advice and recommendation of National Fatwa Committee.
Section 41. Request for opinion of Fatwa Committee.
Section 42. Qaul muktamad to be followed.

PART IV - SYARIAH COURTS

Section 43. Establishment of Syariah Courts.
Section 44. Appointment of Chief Syariah Judges.
Section 45. Appointment of Syariah Appeal Court Judges.
Section 46. Appointment of Syariah High Court Judges.
Section 47. Appointment of Syariah Subordinate Court Judges.
Section 48. Registrars.
Section 49. Jurisdiction of Syariah High Court.
Section 50. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court.
Section 51. Appeals to Syariah High Court.
Section 52. Application for leave to appeal.
Section 53. Inheritance certificates.
Section 54. Supervisory and reversionary jurisdiction of Syariah High Court.
Section 55. Jurisdiction of Syariah Appeal Court.
Section 56. Supervisory and reversionary jurisdiction of Syariah Appeal Court.
Section 57. Composition of Syariah Appeal Court.
Section 58. Decision by the majority.
Section 59. Continuation of proceedings in Syariah Appeal Court notwithstanding absence of Judge.
Section 60. Open Court.
Section 61. Language.
Section 62. Jurisdiction does not extend to non-Muslims.
Section 63. Reciprocal action.
Section 64. Protection of Judges, Court officials, etc.
Section 65. Rules Committee of the Syariah Courts.

PART V - PROSECUTION AND REPRESENTATION

Section 66. Chief Syarie Prosecutor and Syariah Prosecutors.
Section 67. Religious Enforcement Officers.
Section 68. Peguam Syarie.

PART VI - FINANCIAL

Baitulmal and Financial Procedure of the Majlis

Section 69. Establishment of Baitulmal.
Section 70. Estimates of income and expenditure.
Section 71. Expenses of the Majlis.
Section 72. Bank accounts.
Section 73. Accounts and annual reports.

Zakat and Fitrah

Section 74. Power to collect zakat and fitrah.
Section 75. Power to make regulations.
Section 76. Appeal.

Wakaf, Nazr and Trusts

Section 77. Majlis to be sole trustee of wakaf, nazr and trusts.
Section 78. Vesting of wakaf, nazr and trust property in Majlis.
Section 79. Restriction of creation of charitable trusts.
Section 80. Income from wakaf and nazr.
Section 81. Capital of wakaf and nazr.
Section 82. Construction of instruments on wakaf or nazr.
Section 83. Publication of list of wakaf, nazr and trust property.

PART VII - MOSQUES

Section 84. Majlis to be sole trustee of mosques and related land.
Section 85. Restriction on establishment of mosques and penalty.
Section 86. Establishment of mosques.
Section 87. Maintenance of mosques and their compounds.
Section 88. Appointment of Pegawai Masjid.
Section 89. Tauliah of Pegawai Masjid.
Section 90. Tenure of office of Pegawai Masjid.
Section 91. Control and direction of Pegawai Masjid.
Section 92. Jawatankuasa Kariah.
Section 93. Exemption of mosques.

PART VIII - CHARITABLE COLLECTIONS

Section 94. Charitable collections.

PART IX - CONVERSION TO THE RELIGION OF ISLAM

Section 95. Requirements for conversion to the religion of Islam.
Section 96. Moment of conversion to the religion of Islam.
Section 97. Duties and obligations of a muallaf.
Section 98. Registrar of Muallafs.
Section 99. Registration of Muallafs.
Section 100. Certificates of Conversion to the Religion of Islam.
Section 101. Recognition of muallafs as Muslims.
Section 102. Determination whether a non-registered person is a muallaf.
Section 103. Offence of giving false information.
Section 104. Power to make regulations.
Section 105. Capacity to convert to the religion of Islam.

PART X - RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Section 106. Islamic Religious Teaching Supervisory Committee.
Section 107. Offence of teaching the religion of Islam or any aspect of the religion of Islam without a tauliah.
Section 108. Religious schools.
Section 109. Exemption.

PART XI - GENERAL

Section 110. General power to make regulations.
Section 111. Repeal.
Section 112. Savings and transitional.

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