Amendments to Kelantan's syariah enactment to be tabled next year

The Kelantan government is expected to table amendments to the Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019 in the state legislative assembly next year.

Deputy Menteri Besar Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said the amendments would be tabled after the Main Committee on Amendments to the Syariah Criminal Code (I) 2019, comprising 12 members, discussed the matter.

He said the committee’s responsibilities include examining the impact of the annulment of 16 provisions in the existing enactment and forming a technical committee to conduct the study.

“In addition, this committee will also propose a draft to reinstate the 16 annulled provisions, including any related provisions,” he said when replying to a question from Zuraidin Abdullah (PAS-Chetok) in the Kelantan state legislative assembly today.

On March 6, the legislative assembly, in its sitting, approved a motion to re-legislate the 16 offences in the Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (I) Kelantan 2019, which were declared null and void by the Federal Court on Feb 9.

Previously, a panel of nine judges led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in an 8-1 majority decision, annulled the enactment after allowing a petition by lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

- Bernama

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