by the Government of Thailand

“ Where the qāḍī is incapable of functioning, the parties shall, by agreement, select one Muslim to serve as a qāḍī ad litem. If such agreement cannot be reached, each party shall nominate to the chief judge of the court the equal number of the appropriate Muslims; prescribed that no party may nominate more than three Muslims. Any one of these nominees who has been selected by the chief judge shall then become the qāḍī ad litem. ”

“ Whereas it is desirable to require the courts of first instance in the Provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala and Satun to apply the Islamic Law to the actions involving Islamic family and succession in which both the plaintiffs and the defendants are Muslim or, if the actions are non-contentious, the petitioners are Muslim ”