Govt to discuss Act 355 draft amendments at state levels next year

PARLIAMENT | 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 it is tabled in Parliament.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (above) 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.

Marzuk said the government had on Aug 16 appointed a new set of...