Lawyers: Amendments to state enactment can go ahead


PETALING JAYA: Amendments to a Kelantan state enactment to allow for public caning can go ahead as long as the changes are not against existing provisions under federal law, lawyers said.

Constitutional expert Associate Prof Dr Shamrahayu Abdul Aziz said the state government could implement amendments to the Sya­riah Criminal Procedure Enact-ment 2002 as long as these did not contravene the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355).

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