Too few qualified syarie lawyers have applied to practise in the syariah
courts, the Chief Syar’ie Judge Yahya Ibrahim said.
From 2003 to this year, 103 have qualified and
registered as syarie lawyers, but only 16 of them have applied to practise in
syariah courts, said Judge Yahya Ibrahim.
These 16 are from 11 law firms, he said.
This is an “unsatisfactory” number, he said, noting
that with the implementation of the Syariah Penal Code Order 2013, syarie
lawyers play an important role in assisting the courts in upholding justice.
“If there is an increase in the number (of practising
syarie lawyers in syariah courts), the cases will be able to run smoothly.”
The number of syarie lawyers in syariah courts must at
least be half of those registered, he said in an opening speech prior to
presenting official certificates to 26 lawyers who completed the qualification
process for syarie lawyers.
The lawyers have been endorsed by the syariah lawyers
committee and approved by the chief judge to be admitted as part of Section 13
of Chapter 184 of the Syariah Courts Act.
In his speech, Judge Yahya also called for the court’s
management and research section to conduct research on why syarie lawyer is not
a preferred profession for one’s professional career.
“This, in my opinion, is one thing that should be made
by the judicial management studies and research division in administrative
court of appeal syariah; why the profession as syarie lawyers is not preferred
to term employment as professional-class job,” he said.
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