Section 19
Peguam Syarie
of Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Act 2019
The Chief Syariah Prosecutor or the Majlis Peguam Syarie may, upon receiving a copy of the application for admission as Peguam Syarie from the applicant, object to the application by filing a notice of objection which shall specify in brief terms the grounds of the objection.
(2)
The notice of objection shall be filed in the Chief Registrar’s Office and served on the applicant within the period of not less than three days or any shorter period as the Syariah High Court may order before the date fixed for the hearing of the application for admission.
(3)
The hearing of the notice of objection shall be heard—
(a)
in the same proceeding with, and before the same Syariah High
Court Judge for, the hearing of the application for admission as a
Peguam Syarie; and
(b)
in the presence of the representatives of the Chief Syariah
Prosecutor and the Majlis Peguam Syarie.
(4)
Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(b), the hearing of the notice of objection may be proceeded without the presence of the representatives of the
Chief Syariah Prosecutor and the Majlis Peguam Syarie if the Syariah High
Court is satisfied that the applicant had served upon them a copy of his application for admission as a Peguam Syarie.