Malaysia legislation
Section 10
of *ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 1993
Section 10
(a)
a Chairman;
*NOTE—Previuosly known as the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125] and has been repealed by the
Companies Act 2016 [Act 777] which comes into operation on 31 January 2017-see subsection 620(1) of
Act 777 and P.U. (B) 50/2017.
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(b)
a Deputy Chairman;
(c)
the Chief Secretary to the Government or his representative;
(d)
the Attorney General or his representative;
(e)
the Inspector-General of Police or his representative;
(f)
the Mufti;
(g)
the Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur; and
(h)
fifteen other members, at least five of whom shall be persons learned in Islamic studies.
(2)
The Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and the members under paragraph (1)(h) shall be persons who are Muslims and shall be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the Minister for such term, not exceeding three years, as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine.
(3)
A member whose term of office has expired may be reappointed.
(4)
If at any time the person holding the appointment mentioned in paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (g) is not a Muslim, the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong on the advice of the Minister shall appoint another officer who is a Muslim and next in seniority from the same Department or
Ministry to be a member in place of that person.
(5)
The persons who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, were the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and appointed members of the Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan shall, subject to this Act, continue to be the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and members of the Majlis respectively until the expiry of their current period of appointment.
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Termination of appointments