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Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act · s 118

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s 118Payment of zakat

(1)

The Majlis or the Imam or Amil as the case may be, shall complete the zakat assessment list by entering the amounts produced and the amounts payable as soon as the harvest is complete.

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(2)

Where any person produces padi in more than one mukim masjid his name shall be entered in every assessment list concerned and he shall be assessed on the total production.

Payment shall, in any such case, be made directly to the Majlis.

(3)

On completion of the assessment lists, and notwithstanding any appeal pending, the producer shall forthwith pay the zakat to the Majlis or, in cases to which subsection (2) does not apply to the Imam.

(4)

Zakat shall be paid in padi but the person paying may be permitted to repurchase such padi at such price per gantang as the Majlis may, by notification signified in the Gazette, from time to time fix.