Syariah Lawyers No Longer Need Interview Test To Practise In Perak

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Qualified individuals holding a syariah legal practice certificate who want to practice in Perak can now do so without having to go through the state Syariah Lawyer Admission Committee’s test and interview.
Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah said that from Oct 18 last year, qualified individuals only need to apply to the committee for approval to practise as a syariah lawyer in the state.
Previously, Sultan Nazrin decreed that the Rules of Syariah Lawyer (Perak) 2003 stipulate that any individual who intends to become a syariah lawyer in Perak, in addition to having a recognised academic qualification, must undergo examinations or interviews set by the Syariah Lawyer Admission Committee.
“Responding to my advice, starting Oct 18, 2023, the committee has streamlined the procedures for accepting syariah lawyers according to Section 69 (4) of the Administration of Islamic Religious Affairs Enactment (Perak) 2004, which allows any qualified person, who has a syariah law practice certificate in any state, (to be) accepted to practise in Perak without having to go through tests and interviews,” he said.
His Highness said this at the presentation ceremony of the instruments of appointment to Perak Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council office bearers for the 2024-2025 term, as well as state Syariah Court judges in Ipoh today.
Sultan Nazrin added that the move is believed to facilitate the wishes of syariah lawyers who want to practise law in Perak, in addition to benefiting clients to have the option of obtaining a wider range of syariah legal services.
At the ceremony, Sultan Nazrin presented the instruments of appointment to the Perak Syariah Supreme Court judge Mohd Amran Mat Zain and the state Syariah Court of Appeal chairperson Mohamad Taifor Ahmad Rusdi.
The other five state Syariah Court of Appeal judges who received the instruments of appointment today are Abd Aziz Mohd Yusof, Kamardin Hashim, Mohd Radzi Abd Latif, Mohamad Shakir Abdul Hamid and Abas Nordin.
It also carved new history in the state with the appointment of Nor Hadina Ahmad Zabidi as the sole female judge at the Syariah Court of Appeal.
- Bernama

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