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Administration of Muslim Law Act

(Chapter 3, Section 145)

Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules

R 1

G.N. No. S 331/1999

REVISED EDITION 2001

(31st January 2001)

[1st August 1999]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Court” means the Syariah Court constituted under section 34 of the Act and includes a president of the Court sitting in open court or in chambers;

“president” means a president of the Court appointed under section 34A(1) of the Act;

“registrar” means the registrar of the Court appointed under section 34B of the Act;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Majlis;

“senior president” means a president designated to be the senior president under section 34A(1) of the Act;

“solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

(2) The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in the First Schedule.