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Administration of Islamic Law(Federal Territories) (Amendment) Act 2019 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1592 2019, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2019.
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ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW
(FEDERAL TERRITORIES) (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2019
Date of Royal Assent
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... 29 May 2019
Date of publication in the
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... 31 May 2019
Gazette
Publisher’s Copyright C
(Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia).
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ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW
(FEDERAL TERRITORIES) (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2019
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Administration of Islamic
Law (Federal Territories) (Amendment) Act 2019.
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 7
The Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories)
Act 1993 [Act 505], which is referred to as the “principal Act”
in this Act, is amended in paragraph 7(2)(f) by substituting for the words “Islamic schools” the words “Islamic religious school”.
Substitution of section 97
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 97
the following section:
“Islamic religious school
Quoted provision
The Majlis shall have the power—
for the purpose of safeguarding the interest of the public and the students of the Islamic religious school—
to take over the administration of an
Islamic religious school;
to take such action as the Majlis considers necessary to ensure that the affairs of the
Islamic religious school are in compliance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made under this Act.”.
Amendment of section 99
Section 99 of the principal Act is amended—
by substituting for paragraph (j) the following paragraph:
“(j) the registration and regulation of Islamic religious school and activities relating to Islamic religious teaching and learning.”; and
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by inserting after subsection (1) as renumbered the following subsection:
“(2) Any rules made under this Act may prescribe an act or omission in contravention of the rules to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both for such offence.”.
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