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Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 109

Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 109

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s 109 Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc., in the Federal Territory

(1) A Muslim marriage of persons who are not Malaysian citizens contracted in any foreign Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate in the Federal Territory shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Act if— (a) it was contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the country whose Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate it is, or in a form permitted under this Act; (b) each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and (c) where either of the parties is a resident of the Federal Territory, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Act. (2) (Deleted by Act A902). Legitimacy

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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