Clause 35
Amendment of section 141
of Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill
Section 141 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Each of the following is a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224):
every president of the Syariah Court;
every ad‑hoc president of the Syariah Court;
the registrar of the Syariah Court;
every deputy registrar of the Syariah Court;
every member of an Appeal Board;
the Registrar;
every Kadi;
every Naib Kadi.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “before the Syariah Court” in subsection (2), the words “, before the Appeal Board”; and
by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Public servants and judicial proceedings”.