ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 1993 ZAKAT AND FITRAH ENACTMENT 1993
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 2. Interpretation.
In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires –
"al-riqab" means a person held in slavery or bondage who needs assistance to free himself from such obligation as has been imposed upon him;
“Amil" means a person appointed by the Majlis to collect zakat in the State of Sabah according to Hukum Syarak;
"Court" means the Syariah Court constituted under section 4 of the Syariah Courts Enactment 1992;
“fakir" means a person who has neither property nor vocation or who receives income from other sources not amounting to fifty per cent of his daily needs of an average person and those is dependants;
"fi-sabilillah" means a person who is engaged in activity or activities to uphold, defend and propagate the religion of Islam and its welfare;
“fitrah" means an obligation of a person to purify or sanctify himself to be paid annually during the month of Ramadan according to Hukum Syarak either in the form of necessity or its equivalent in value ;
“gharim" means a person who borrows money or property for the purpose of the public as approved by Hukum Syarak;
"haul" means a complete Hijrah year in nisab;
"ibn al-sabil" means any person who undertakes a journey for purposes approved by Hukum Syarak from any State and who is in need of assistance although he may have property in his own State or residence;
“Jawatankuasa" means the Jawatankuasa Zakat and Fitrah appointed under section 3;
"Majlis" means the Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah established under the Administration of Islamic Law Enactment 1992;
"miskin" means any person who has property or income from his vocation insufficient to meet his daily needs and those of his dependants;
"muallaf” means a person who has newly embraced Islam and is in need of financial assistance;
"nisab" means a complete number or measure specified by Hukum Syarak computing the amount or quantity of the assets on which zakat is chargeable;
"Principal Assistant Secretary" means the Principal Assistant Secretary in charge of the Zakat and Fitrah Division appointed under section 10;
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah appointed under the Administration of Islamic Law Enactment 1992;
"syura" means a discussion in order to arrive at a final decision;
"wasi" means a person appointed as an executor of a will;
"zakat" means zakat on property chargeable according to Hukum Syarak in every year;