Section 9
Appointment of Syariah Appeal Court Judges
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Section 9
(1)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, on the advice of the President of the Majlis and after consultation with the Majlis, appoint and re-appoint, for a period of not exceeding 3 years, not more than five
Muslims to form a standing panel of Judges, and the Chief Syar’ie Judge shall elect two of them to constitute a quorum of Judges in the Syariah
Appeal Court for each proceedings.
(2)
A person is qualified to be appointed under subsection (1) if —
(a)
he is a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; and
(b)
he —
(i)
has, for a cumulative period of not less than 7 years prior to his appointment, served as either a Judge of a
Syariah Court, or Kadi, or in both capacities; or
(ii)
is a person learned in Hukum Syara’.