Section 20
Objection of application by other person
of Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Act 2019
Any person other than the Chief Syariah Prosecutor or the Majlis
Peguam Syarie may enter an objection to object the application for admission as a Peguam Syarie filed under section 15.
(2)
The objection under subsection (1) shall be filed in the Chief
Registrar’s Office and shall contain the full name, occupation and address of
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the person objecting the application for admission, a brief statement of the grounds of his objection and an address for service.
(3)
Upon such objection being filed, the application for admission shall not be heard unless a notice of hearing of not less than three days has been served on the person objecting the application for admission.
(4)
The person objecting the application for admission may appear in the hearing of the application for admission as a Peguam Syarie.
(5)
The hearing of the application for admission as a Peguam Syarie may be heard without the attendance of the person objecting the application for admission as a Peguam Syarie.
(6)
The hearing of the objection shall be heard 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.