Section 4
Section 58 of the principal Act is amended—
of Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) (Amendment) Act 2017
(a)
in subsection (3), by substituting for the word “personally”
the words “except rights and powers expressed to be exercisable by the Chief Syariah Prosecutor personally”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) The rights and powers vested in or exercisable by the Chief Syariah Prosecutor by subsection (3)
shall be exercisable by the Chief Syariah Prosecutor personally.”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:
“(5) The Religious Enforcement Officers shall act under the general control and direction of the Chief
Religious Enforcement Officer and may exercise all or any of the rights and powers vested in or exercisable by the Chief Religious Enforcement Officer except rights and powers expressed to be exercisable by the
Chief Religious Enforcement Officer personally.”.