ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 2003 ADMINISTRATION OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (STATE OF SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 2003
PART III
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUFTI, AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS, THE FATWA COMMITTEE AND FATWA RELATING TO
MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST
Section 48. Procedure in making a fatwa.
(1) Before a Fatwa Committee makes a fatwa, the Mufti may cause any study or research to be carried out as directed by him and a working paper to be prepared.
(2) Whenever the Committee proposes to make a fatwa the Mufti shall call a meeting of the Fatwa Committee for the purpose of discussing the proposed fatwa.
(3) After a fatwa is prepared by the Fatwa Committee, the Mufti shall, on behalf and in the name of the Fatwa Committee, submit the fatwa prepared to the Majlis.
(4) The Majlis may, after deliberating upon the fatwa, make a recommendation to His Royal Highness the Sultan for his assent for the publication of the fatwa in the Gazette.
(5) The recommendation made under subsection (4) shall be accompanied by an explanatory memorandum and comments from the Majlis if the Majlis considers such explanation or comments are required.
(6) When a fatwa has been assented to by His Royal Highness the Sultan, the Majlis shall inform the State Government of the fatwa and thereafter shall cause the fatwa to be published in the Gazette.
(7) A fatwa published in the Gazette shall be accompanied by a statement that the fatwa is made under this section.
(8) A fatwa shall be published in the national language in the Rumi script, but the text of the fatwa in the Jawi script may also be published.
(9) Any statement made by the Fatwa Committee shall not be taken to be a fatwa unless such statement is published in the Gazette in accordance with subsection (6).