Federal Court ruling opens floodgates to challenge constitutionality of state laws, says syariah lawyers' group
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said this was following the Federal Court decision on Thursday that declared a provision in the Selangor syariah law which makes it an offence to engage in unnatural sex to be unconstitutional. A nine-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat held that Section 28 of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1995 relates to matters that fall under the Federal Constitution’s Ninth Schedule Federal list, under Parliament's power to enact laws.
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