Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Mosques and Muslim Religious Schools
87. Muslim religious school
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The control of Muslim religious schools is vested in the Majlis.
The Majlis has power to register and to control the conduct of Muslim religious schools and to approve the curricula of instruction in such schools.
Majlis
“Majlis” means the Majlis Ugama Islam, Singapura, constituted and continued under section 3;
The Majlis has power to control the establishment of any private Muslim religious school and to refuse permission for any such school to be established and to approve any regulations made by any person in charge of such school for its administration.
The Majlis has power to authorise any public officer or any officer or employee of the Majlis (called in this section an inspector) to inspect any Muslim religious school in accordance with the rules made under subsection (8) in order to satisfy himself or herself that all the requirements of the Majlis are being complied with.
The Majlis has power to order any person employed or to be employed as a teacher at any private Muslim religious school to submit to a test conducted by a board appointed by the Majlis.
If any person fails to pass the test mentioned in subsection (5), the Majlis has power to forbid his or her employment as a teacher at the school.
The Majlis has power to order the closure of any Muslim religious school which the board may consider unsatisfactory.
The Majlis may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this section, including, without limitation, rules for the following purposes:
the powers of inspectors to inspect any Muslim religious school;
the powers of inspectors to obtain or require any information, examine any book, document, material, article or record and gain access to any computer or online account in relation to the inspection of any Muslim religious school;
the powers of inspectors to require the attendance of any person for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (b);
the manner of registration and control of the conduct and establishment of Muslim religious schools, including where Islamic instruction is provided online or remotely through electronic means;
to prescribe the fees to be charged by the Majlis for the performance of its functions under this section.
[Deleted by Act 4 of 2024 wef 02/10/2026]