Malaysia legislation

Section 26

of *MALAYSIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES COMMISSION ACT 2007

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.