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The Edge Court Judgments Report


This monthly report is compiled and briefly summarised by a group of lawyers on a voluntary basis for the benefit of readers of The Edge.
Please consult your own lawyers if you need advice on the cases, issues and related matters highlighted here.
 
PERSONAL LAWS AND  JURISDICTION OF SECULAR AND SYARIAH COURTS
Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution (‘Constitution’), read together with the Ninth Schedule, List II,  Item 1 of the State List, provides that secular courts ‘shall not have jurisdiction in respect of any matter within the jurisdiction of the Syariah courts’ (‘State List’). The State List  provides for  personal laws affecting persons professing the religion of Islam and the jurisdiction of the Syariah courts is exercisable on two conditions. First, the person professes the religion of Islam (‘Legal Persona’). Second, the matter falls within the subject-matter enumerated in the State List (‘Subject-matter Jurisdiction’). ....

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Woman born to Muslim father and Buddhist mother wins appeal to be declared non-Muslim


05 Feb 2021 / 16:52 H.
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PUTRAJAYA: A woman who was born out of wedlock to a Muslim father and a Buddhist mother today won her appeal in the Federal Court to be declared a non-Muslim.
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, chairing a nine-member bench, delivered the 7-2 majority decision through Zoom in allowing Rosliza Ibrahim’s appeal and granted the declarations sought by her.
She held that Rosliza is not a person professing Islam because there is no proof that she is a Muslim by original faith.
Justice Tengku Maimun said there was also no proof that Rosliza’s mother professed Islam at the time of Rosliza’s birth as she considered herself a Buddhist in her written application for a new identity card in 1995 and in her statutory declaration in 2008. ....

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