Section 44. Appointment of Mufti and Deputy Mufti. (ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM

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 44. Appointment of Mufti and Deputy Mufti.

(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on the advice of the State Executive Council, may appoint any fit and proper person to be the Mufti and Deputy Mufti for the State of Penang.

(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 Penang 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 Penang and shall continue to hold such appointment.