Na'im: Govt prepared to amend Constitution to avoid syariah, civil overlap

PARLIAMENT | The government is prepared to amend the Federal Constitution and avoid existing overlaps in jurisdictions between the civil and syariah courts.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Mohd Na’im Mokhtar said any such move will be based on a recommendation by the special committee to review the competency of state legislatures in legislating syariah laws.