Hadi's bill to be read a second time, no tabling of amendments

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KUALA LUMPUR: Proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 will not be tabled in this Parliamentary meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pix).

He said that the Private Member’s Bill brought by Marang MP Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang would merely be read out a second time this week to include several tweaks to the bill that he read out for the first time in the previous sitting.