Malaysia legislation
Section 26
Section 26
(2)
Where in any proceedings relating to co-operative business which is based on Syariah and is supervised and regulated by the
Commission before any court or arbitrator, any question arises concerning a Syariah matter, the court or the arbitrator, as the case may be, may—
(a)
take into consideration any written directive issued by the
Commission pursuant to subsection (1); or
(b)
refer such question to the Syariah Advisory Council for its ruling.
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(3)
Any ruling made by the Syariah Advisory Council pursuant to a reference made under paragraph (2)(b) shall, for the purposes of the proceedings in respect of which the reference was made—
(a)
if the reference was made by a court, be taken into consideration by the court in arriving at its decision; and
(b)
if the reference was made by an arbitrator, be binding on the arbitrator.