ENACTMENT 2 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM
(STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 2004
PART VII - MOSQUES
Section 100. Appointment of Pegawai Masjid.
(1) For every mosque in the State of Penang there shall be appointed one or several Imam, Bilal, and Pembantu Bilal.
(2) For every mosque that is determined by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the Majlis and the State Executive Council, the Imam, Bilal and Pembantu Bilal shall be appointed from amongst members of the State public service or the general public service of the Federation.
(3) For every mosque that is not determined under subsection (2) the Majlis shall appoint the Imam and Bilal from amongst the ahli kariah of the mosque.
(4) The Pembantu Bilal of the mosque shall be appointed from amongst the ahli kariah of a mosque.
(5) Upon the commencement of this section, every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was the Imam, Bilal or Pembantu Bilal of mosques appointed under the previous Enactment shall be deemed to have been duly appointed under this section to be the Imam, Bilal or Pembantu Bilal respectively of the mosques and shall, subject to section 101, continue to hold office as the Imam, Bilal or Pembantu Bilal of such mosque.