Section 53
Insufficient nominations
of Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Act 2019
If the number of the candidates nominated for an election for the
Majlis Peguam Syarie are the number of the members required to be elected, those candidates shall be deemed to be elected and, if fewer, the candidates nominated shall be deemed to have been elected as the next members of the
Majlis Peguam Syarie and the deemed elected members with the other current members of the Majlis Peguam Syarie shall appoint such further members of the Badan Peguam Syarie as may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 48(2)(b).
(2)
If no nominations are made for the election of the members of the next
Majlis Peguam Syarie, the current members of the Majlis Peguam Syarie shall appoint thirteen members of the Badan Peguam Syarie to be the next members of the Majlis Peguam Syarie to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 48(2)(b).
(3)
Members appointed under subsections (1) and (2) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be elected members.
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