Section 15

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”;

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.”;

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a)  A person is qualified to be appointed under subsection (1) if he—

is a citizen;

is a Muslim; and

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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.”;

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

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.”.

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