Section 15
Section 58 of the principal Act is amended—
of Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) (Amendment) Act 2025
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Appointment of Chief Syariah Prosecutor, Deputy
Chief Syariah Prosecutors, Syariah Prosecutors and
Religious Enforcement Officers”;
(b)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the advice of the Minister, appoint a Chief Syariah Prosecutor and such numbers of Deputy Syariah Prosecutors from among the officers of the Syariah Officer’s Scheme in the general public service of the Federation.”;
(c)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) A person is qualified to be appointed under subsection (1) if he—
(a)
is a citizen;
(b)
is a Muslim; and
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(c)
immediately before his appointment, is holding any office in the Syariah Officer’s
Scheme in the general public service of the Federation for a continuous period of not less than ten years.”;
(d)
by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3) The Chief Syariah Prosecutor may appoint fit and proper persons from among the Syariah Officer’s
Scheme in the general public service of the Federation to be Syariah Prosecutors.”; and
(e)
by inserting after subsection (3a) the following subsection:
“(3b) The Deputy Chief Syariah Prosecutors shall have all powers of a Syariah Prosecutor and shall act as Chief Syariah Prosecutor during the absence or inability of the Chief Syariah Prosecutor.”.