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183 Shari'ah Bar passers take oath August 14 at Manila Hotel

Published Aug 13, 2024 04:03 am

A total of 183 passers in the 2024 Shari’ah Bar examinations will take their oath starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, at the Fiesta Pavilion of the Manila Hotel.

Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, chairperson of the committee on Shari’ah Bar examinations, said the signing of the roll of attorneys will follow after the oath taking.

The Shari’ah Bar exams were administered by the SC last April 28 and May 2. 

The top 10 passers are Punginagina, Nurhaifah Hadji Said with a rating of 86.75 percent; Gubat, Sittie Nasriyyah Gani, 86.10; Alonto, Sittie Fairoza Yahya, 86.02; Suwalawan-Hadjinoor, Jonaina Diamla, 85.57; Mambuay, Ayesha Aminah Alonto, 85.35; Usodan, Fatimah Sohra Lucman, 85.10;  Acmad, Aznairah Orpilla, 84.87; Barapangcat, Abdulwasi Aleem, 84.40; Abdulmalik, Saaduddin Sharief, 84.30; Al-Namit, Maria Belen Arceno, 83.75; and Said, Normalah Pangcoga, 83.75 percent.

The 2024 SBE examiners were Dean Norhabib Bin Suod S. Barodi (Persons, Family Relations and Property), Atty. Yaser H. Apion (Jurisprudence [Fiqh] and Customary Laws [Adat]); Judge Macaundas M. Hadjirasul (Procedure in Shari’ah Courts), and Judge Jamel T. Mamutuk (Succession, Wills/Adjudication and Settlement of Estate).

Earlier, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo had urged Shari’ah Bar passers to also take the Philippine Bar examinations for them to be full-fledged lawyers.

Shari-ah Bar passers are sworn in as counselors-at-law. 

In 1993, the SC had ruled that those who passed the Shari’ah Bar exams are only special members of the Philippine Bar and are not full-fledged members even if they are holders of Bachelor of Laws degree. As such, they can practice their profession only before the Shari’ah courts.

The Shari’ah courts were set up by the SC under Presidential Decree No. 1083, the Code of Muslim Personal Laws. PD 1083 “ordains and promulgates a code recognizing the system of Filipino Muslim laws, codifying Muslim personal laws. and providing for its administration and for other purposes.”

There are five Shari-ah district courts and 51 Shari’ah circuit courts in Mindanao provinces.  There is a pending legislation that would set up Shari-ah courts in Luzon and the Visayas where Muslims also reside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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