WAS THE SELANGOR STATE ASSEMBLY HALF-PAST SIX? JUDGE QUESTIONS ‘LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE’ OF STATE GOVT, THEN CONTROLLED BY UMNO-BN – ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO SHARIAH JURISDICTION ON UNNATURAL SEX

WAS THE SELANGOR STATE ASSEMBLY HALF-PAST SIX? JUDGE QUESTIONS ‘LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE’ OF STATE GOVT, THEN CONTROLLED BY UMNO-BN – ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO SHARIAH JURISDICTION ON UNNATURAL SEX - Hello loyal readers FeedGoogle, In the article you are reading this time with the title WAS THE SELANGOR STATE ASSEMBLY HALF-PAST SIX? JUDGE QUESTIONS ‘LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE’ OF STATE GOVT, THEN CONTROLLED BY UMNO-BN – ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO SHARIAH JURISDICTION ON UNNATURAL SEX, We have prepared this article well for you to read and take information in it. hopefully the contents of the post Article Malaysians, what we write you can understand. Alright, happy reading.

The Federal Court has granted leave for a challenge filed by a man who was charged in the Selangor Syariah High Court with attempting to commit unnatural sexual intercourse. The application from the man challenged the constitutionality of Section 28 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 on “Sexual intercourse against the order of nature.” According to the court document dated May 14 sighted by Malaysiakini, Federal Court judge Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim stated that merits are quite apparent and the case deserves mature ventilation before the full court on the constitutionality and validity of the impugned provision. “Leave is necessary because it involves a challenge premised on whether the Legislature of the State of Selangor (LSS) was legislatively competent when it enacted the Impugned Provision, in the light of the fact that Section 377A of the Penal Cod…