ENACTMENT 9 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008.
PART III - PROSECUTION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 46. Peguam Syarie
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the Majlis may admit any person having sufficient knowledge of Hukum Syarak to be Peguam Syarie to represent parties in any proceeding before a Syariah Court.
(2) The Majlis may, with the approval of His Royal Highness the Sultan, make regulations to-
(a) provide for the procedure, qualification and fees for the admission of Peguam Syarie; and
(b) regulate, control and supervise the conduct of Peguam Syarie.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1)-
(a) any member of the Judicial and Legal Service; or
(b) any person appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 1971 [Act 26],
may act as Peguam Syarie representing any party to any proceeding in a Syariah Court if the party could have been represented by him in the Civil Court by virtue of the Legal Profession Act 1971 [Act 166] without such member or person having admitted as an advocate or solicitor under that Act.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any person who has been admitted as Peguam Syarie under any written law in force in any state in Malaysia shall be admitted as a Peguam Syarie for the State of Kedah Darul Aman on application being made by him to the Majlis accompanied by evidence of his admission as a Peguam Syarie in that other state.
(5) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was admitted as a Peguam Syarie, subject to this Enactment, be deemed to have been admitted to be a Peguam Syarie and shall be entitled to appear in any Syariah Court on behalf of any party to any proceedings before the Syariah Court.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law, no person, other than a Peguam Syarie or a person mentioned in subsection (3), shall be entitled to appear in any Syariah Court on behalf of any party to any proceedings before it.