ENACTMENT 9 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008.
PART III - PROSECUTION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 44. Chief Syarie Prosecutor and Syarie Prosecutors
(1) His Royal Highness the Sultan, after consulting the Majlis, may appoint a person who is qualified to be a Judge of the Syariah High Court to be the Chief Syarie Prosecutor.
(2) The Chief Syarie Prosecutor shall have power exercisable at his discretion to institute, conduct or discontinue any proceeding for an offence before any Syariah Court.
(3) The Chief Syarie Prosecutor may appoint fit and proper persons from amongst the members of the State public service of the State to be Syarie Prosecutors.
(4) Syarie Prosecutors shall act under the general control and direction of the Chief Syarie Prosecutor and may exercise all or any of the rights and powers vested in or exercisable by the Chief Syarie Prosecutor, except rights and powers expressed to be exercisable by the Chief Syarie Prosecutor personally.
(5) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding the post of Chief Syarie Prosecutor and Syarie Prosecutor shall, on the commencement of this section, continue to hold office as Chief Syarie Prosecutor and Syarie Prosecutor as if he had been appointed under subsection (1).