Act 355 draft amendments to enter state-level discussions next year
- 3 years ago
The latest draft amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, known as Act 355, will be presented for state-level discussions by early next year before tabled in parliament.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department Ahmad Marzuk Shaary said the discussion process will be led by a civil and syariah law technical committee from the Islamic Affairs Department (Jakim), as the body tasked to draft the amendments.
He said the government had on Aug 16 appointed a new set of technical committee members comprising experts in syariah and civil law and a series of meetings were held to come up with the current draft amendments.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department Ahmad Marzuk Shaary said the discussion process will be led by a civil and syariah law technical committee from the Islamic Affairs Department (Jakim), as the body tasked to draft the amendments.
He said the government had on Aug 16 appointed a new set of technical committee members comprising experts in syariah and civil law and a series of meetings were held to come up with the current draft amendments.