KOTA BHARU: Kelantan state Opposition leader Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim has urged the state government to exercise greater caution in re-enacting the 16 provisions in the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (1) 2019, which the Federal Court declared void and invalid on Feb 9.

       The Galas assemblyman emphasised the importance of addressing the matter to ensure that any party in the future could not challenge the enactment.

       "I remind the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly or other states to be more careful in drafting Syariah criminal laws and ensuring that they are in line with the regulations of their respective states," said the sole representative from Barisan Nasional.

       He said this to reporters outside the hall after the state assembly, which is sitting at the Kota Darulnaim Complex on Thursday (March 7), ended.

       Yesterday, the Kelantan State Assembly passed a motion to re-enact 16 offences in the Kelantan State Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (1) 2019, which were declared void and invalid by the Federal Court on Feb 9.

       The motion, proposed by Wan Rohimi Wan Daud (PAS-Melor), was supported by all assemblymen, including two from the Opposition bloc. – Bernama