Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 131
Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 131
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s 131 Illicit intercourse between divorced persons
(1) Any man who, having lawfully divorced his wife, resumes cohabitation with her without having pronounced a lawful ruju’ commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding three months or both.
(2) If his wife was not at the time of resumption of cohabitation aware of the occurrence of the divorce, the man commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
(3) Any woman who abets an offence under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Seseorang lelaki yang, setelah menceraikan Perselengan sah isterinya, dya an pahtestebin da beris medlatazkan remla de a a adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan hendaklah bracerorang dihukum denda tidak melebihi lima ratus ringgit atau penjara tidak melebihiftiga bulan atau kedua-duanya henam denda dan penjara itu. ДA907
Subs. by 14902. Dengan sengaja cuai mematuhi nafkah. Parcubaan subahat. [Bah. IX-X, S. 131-134]
(2) Jika isterinya itu tidak tahu pada masa persekedudukan semula itu tentang telah berlakunya perceralan itu, maka suami itu adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan hendaklah dihukum denda tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit atau penjara tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya denda dan penjara itu.
(3) Seseorang perempuan yang bersubahat melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah subseksyen (1) adalah denda tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit atau penjara tidak melebihi tiga bulan atau kedua-duanya denda dan penjara itu.
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).
