Updated Enactment




PAHANG

Enactment No. 3 Of 1991
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW ENACTMENT 1991
Incorporating latest amendment - En. 5/2001


Date of Royal Assent
:
13 December 1991
Date of publication in the Gazette
:
19 December 1991
Date of coming into operation
:
1 January 1992 [Phg. G.N. 53/92]
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Preamble

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Section 1. Short title and commencement.
Section 2. Interpretation.
Section 3. Saving of prerogative rights.

PART II - THE MAJLIS UGAMA ISLAM DAN ADAT RESAM MELAYU PAHANG

Section 4. Establishment and incorporation of the Majlis Ugama Islam dan Adat Resam Melayu Pahang.
Section 5. Powers and functions of the Majlis.
Section 6. Seal.
Section 7. Membership of the Majlis.
Section 8. Committees.
Section 9. Termination of appointment.
Section 10. Revocation of appointments.
Section 11. Temporary appointments.
Section 12. Appointments to be gazetted.
Section 13. Secretary.
Section 14. Attendance of non-members at meetings.
Section 15. Presiding over meetings.
Section 16. Quorum.
Section 17. Conduct of business.
Section 18. Summoning of meetings.
Section 19. Powers of the chairmen of meeting.
Section 20. Duties and powers of Secretary.
Section 21. Minutes.
Section 22. Order of business and voting.
Section 23. Copies of decisions.
Section 24. Leave.
Section 25. Acting in case of emergency.
Section 26. Delegation of powers and duties.
Section 27. Secrecy.
Section 28. Appointment of officers and servants of the Majlis.
Section 29. Public servants.
Section 30. Protection of members, officers and servants and the Majlis.
Section 31. Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 applicable to the Majlis.
Section 32. Remuneration and allowances.
Section 33. Procedure.
Section 34. Appointment of Mufti.
Section 35. Powers of Mufti.
Section 36. Fatwa.
Section 37. From of Fatwa.
Section 38. Amendment, modification or revocation of fatwa.
Section 39. The Hukum Syarak Consultative Committee.
Section 40. Request for opinion by any court.
Section 41. Authorities to be followed

PART III - SYARIAH COURTS

Section 42. Constitution of Syariah Courts.
Section 43. Appointment of Judges.
Section 44. Tenure of office of Judges.
Section 45. Appointment of Syariah Subordinate Court Judge.
Section 46. Registrar.
Section 47. Jurisdiction of Syariah High Court.
Section 48. Jurisdiction of Syariah Subordinate Court.
Section 49. Appeal to Syariah High Court.
Section 50. Application for leave to appeal.
Section 51. Inheritance Certificates.
Section 52. Revisionary and supervisory jurisdiction.
Section 53. Jurisdiction of Syariah Appeal Court.
Section 54. Appointment and composition of the Syariah Appeal Court.
Section 55. Decision by majority.
Section 56. Continuatic of proceeding in Syariah Appeal Court notwithstanding the absence of Judge.
Section 57. Seal of Syariah Court.
Section 58. Language Syariah Court.
Section 59. Records of Syariah Courts.
Section 60. Reciprocal arrangements with other states.
Section 61. Syariah Courts to be opened to public.
Section 62. Protection of judicial officers.
Section 63. Transitional provisions for pending cases.
Section 64. Non-Muslims to be excluded from jurisdiction.

PART IV - PROSECUTION AND REPRESENTATION

Section 65. Syarie Prosecutor and Religious Enforcement Officer.
Section 66. Peguam Syarie.

PART V - FINANCE

Section 67. Establishment of General Endowment Fund.
Section 68. Grants from the State Government.
Section 69. General Endowment Fund under 1982 Enactment.
Section 70. Wakaf and nazar.
Section 71. Vesting of rights.
Section 72. Capital of wakaf and nazar am.
Section 73. Restrictions on creation of charitable trust.
Section 74. Income of wakaf and nazar.
Section 75. Construing of instruments.
Section 76. Annual reports.
Section 77. Audit.
Section 78. Wakaf and nazar properties.
Section 79. Estimates.
Section 80. Expenses of the Majlis.
Section 81. Bankers.
Section 82. Power of Majlis to collect zakat and fitrah.
Section 83. Power to determine zakat and fitrah.
Section 84. Rules.
Section 85. Objections.
Section 86. Charitable collections.
Section 87. Syariah Courts fees, fines and seizures.

PART VI - MOSQUES

Section 88. Trusteeship of mosques and related lands.
Section 89. Restriction on establishment of mosques.
Section 90. Maintenance of mosques and compound.
Section 91. Boundaries of kariah masjid.
Section 92. Closure or demolition of mosques.
Section 93. Appointment of Mosque Officials.
Section 94. Powers and duties of Mosque Officials.
Section 95. Tauliah.
Section 96. Tenure of office of Mosque Officials.
Section 97. Control and direction over Mosque Officials.
Section 98. The Jawatankuasa Kariah.
Section 99. Exemption.

PART VII - CONVERSION TO ISLAM

Section 100. Capacity to convert to Islam.
Section 101. Requirements for conversion to Islam.
Section 102. Completion of conversion.
Section 103. Status of children of a muallaf.
Section 104. Rights and obligations of a muallaf.
Section 105. Register of Muallaf.
Section 106. Registration of conversion to Islam.
Section 107. Certificate of Conversion to Islam.
Section 108. Recognition of muallaf as Muslims.
Section 109. Determining whether non-registered person is a Muslim.
Section 110. Offence of giving false information.
Section 111. Power to make rules.

PART VIII - RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONS

Section 112. The Religious Education Advisory Committee.
Section 113. Non-government Islamic religious schools.
Section 114. Grants by Government.
Section 115. Exemption.

PART IX - GENERAL

Section 116. Rules.
Section 117. Saving of rules and appointments.
Section 118. Change of name of Courts of Kadi.
Section 119. Change of name of the Court of Kadi Besar.
Section 120. Court of Appeal under the 1982 Enactment.
Section 121. Repeal.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.

LIST OF AMENDMENT.

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