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Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 23

Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 23

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s 23 Polygamy

(1) No man, during the subsistence of a marriage, shall, except with the prior permission in writing of the Court, contract another marriage with another woman nor shall such marriage contracted without such permission be registered under this Act: Provided that the Court may if it is shown that such marriage is valid according to Hukum Syarak order it to be registered subject to section 123. (2) Subsection (1) applies to the marriage in the Federal Territory of a man who is resident within or outside the Federal Territory and to the marriage outside the Federal Territory of a man resident in the Federal Territory. (3) An application for permission shall be submitted to the Court in the prescribed manner and shall be accompanied by a declaration stating the grounds on which the proposed marriage is alleged to be just and necessary, the present income of the applicant, particulars of his commitments and his ascertainable financial obligations and liabilities, the number of his dependants, including persons who would be his dependants as a result of the proposed marriage, and whether the consent or views of the existing wife or wives on the proposed marriage have been obtained. (4) On receipt of the application, the Court shall summon the applicant and his existing wife or wives to be present at the hearing of the application, which shall be in camera, and the Court may grant the permission applied for if satisfied— (a) that the proposed marriage is just and necessary, having regard to such circumstances as, among others, the following, that is to say, sterility, physical infirmity, physical unfitness for conjugal relations, wilful avoidance of an order for restitution of conjugal rights, or insanity on the part of the existing wife or wives; (b) that the applicant has such means as to enable him to support as required by Hukum Syarak all his wives and dependants, including persons who would be his dependants as a result of the proposed marriage; (c) that the applicant would be able to accord equal treatment to all his wives as required by Hukum Syarak; and (d) that the proposed marriage would not cause darar syarie to the existing wife or wives. (e) (Deleted by Act A902). (5) A copy of the application under subsection (3) and of the statutory declaration required by that subsection shall be served together with the summons on each existing wife. (6) Any party aggrieved by or dissatisfied with any decision of the Court may appeal against the decision in the manner provided in the Administration Enactment for appeals in civil matters. (7) Any person who contracts a marriage in contravention of subsection (1) shall pay immediately the entire amount of the mas kahwin and the pemberian due to the existing wife or wives, which amount, if not so paid, shall be recoverable as a debt. (8) The procedure for solemnization and registration of a marriage under this section shall be similar in all respects to that applicable to other marriages solemnized and registered in the Federal Territory under this Act.

Malay text (authoritative)

(1) Tiada seseorang lelaki boleh berkahwin dengan Poligami. seorang lain dalam masa dia masih beristerikan isterinya yang sedia ada kecuali dengan terlebih dahulu kebenaran secara bertulis daripada Hakim Syar'iah, dan jika dia berkahwin sedemikian lanpa kebenaran tersebut maka perkahwinan itu tidak boleh didaftarkan di bawah Akta ini. (IA)... Ins.AA1DGI (2) Subseksyen (1) terpakai bagi perkahwinan lalam Wılayah Persekutuan seseorang lelakı yan ermastautin dalam atau di luar Wilayah Persekutuar dan perkahwinan di luar Wilayah Persekutuan seseorang lelaki yang bermastautin dalam Wilayah Persekutuan. Sub.AA1261 akuan berkanun menyatakan alasan-alasan mengtanggungan kewangannya yang patut ditentukan, bilangan orang tanggungamnya, termasuk orang-orang jang akan menjadi orang tanggungannya berikutan dengan perkahwinan yang dicadangkan itu, dan sama ada ızın atau pandangan isteri atau isteri-isterinya yang sedia ada telah diperolehi atau tidak terhadap perkahwinan yang dicadangkan itu. 4IMJ. AAIDEI Sb.AAISG1 L alau 2/AA902 d/AA901 Sub.AA1261 Liqrar (Bah. in, s. 23] (4) Apabila menerima permohonan itu, Mahkamah dendaklah memanggil pemohon dan isteri atau isteriisterinya yang sedia ada supaya hadir apabila permohonan itu didengar, yang, hendaklah dilakukan dalam mahkamah tertutup, dan Mahkamah boleh nemberi kebenaran yang dipohon itu jika berpuas hati— (a) bahawa perkahwinan yang dicadangkan itu At keman dulam Kaycarn pamans, atk layak dari segi jasmani untuk persetubuhan, engaja ingkar mematuhı perıntah untuk pe nulihan hak-hal ,persetubuhan, atau gila di pihak isteri atau isteri-isteri yang sedia ada; (b) bahawa pemohon mempunyai kemampuan yang membolehkan dia menanggung, mana dikehendaki oleh Hukum Syara sebagai- , semua orang tanggungannya, termasuk sana cekanakan tisuan drngim pragioimni. (c) bahawa pemohon akan berupaya memberi layanan sama rata kepada semua isterinya mengikut kehendak Hukum Syara'; dan (d) bahawa perkahwinan yang dicadangkan itu tidak akan menyebabkan darar syarie kepada isteri atau isteri-isteri yang sedia adag dan. (e) bahawa perkahwinanTyang dicadangkan itu tidak akan merendahkan secara langsung atau secara tak langsung taraf kehidupan yang telah munasabah akan dinikmati seterusnya oleh isteri atau isteri-isteri dan orang-orang tanggungannya yank beaka. yang sedla ada sekıtanya perkahwinan itu (5) Satu salinan permohonan di bawah subseksyen (3) dan akuan berkanun • yang dıkehendaki oleh subseksyen itu hendaklah disampaikan bersama dengan surat panggilan ke atas tiap-tiap isteri yang sedia ada. U'NDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA ISLAM [Bah. II, S. 23-24] (6) Mana-mana pihak yang terkilan atau tidak puas hati dengan apa-apa keputusan Mahkamah boleh merayu terhadap keputusan itu mengikut cara yang diperuntukkan dalam Enakmen Pentadbiran bagi • Sub-1A/261 tayuan dalam perkara sivit. (7) Seseorang yang berkahwin bersalahan dengan subseksyen (1) hendaklah membayar dengan sertanerta semua jumlah mas kahwin dan pemberian yang kena dibayar kepada isteri atau isteri-isteri yang sedia ada, dan jumlah itu, jika tidak dibayar sedemikian, boleh dituntut sebagai hutang. (8) Acara bagi akadnikah dan pendaftaran sesuatu perkahwinan di bawah seksyen ini adalah serupa dalam serba perkara dengan yang dipakai bagi perkahwinanperkahwinan lain yang diakadnikahkan dan didaftarkan dalam Wilayah Persekutuan di bawah Akta ini. Ins.AA/261 (9).

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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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