Section 5
Legal identity and powers of the Majlis
of Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act 1993
(1)
The Majlis shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and the said seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Majlis seems fit, and, until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription the “Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan” may be used as the corporate seal.
(2)
The Majlis may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3)
The Majlis may enter into contracts and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and subject to any written law affecting the same may convey, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the Majlis upon such terms as to the
Majlis seems fit and in accordance with Islamic Law.
(4)
The Majlis shall have power to act as an executor of a will or as an administrator of the estate of a deceased person or as a trustee of any trust.
(5)
The Majlis shall have such further powers and carry out such duties as may by this or by any other Act assigned to it.
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