Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 33
Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 33
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s 33 Voluntary registration of Muslim marriages previously solem- nized under any law
(1) Notwithstanding sections 6 and 31, the parties to any marriage according to Hukum Syarak solemnized under any law prior to or after the appointed date may, if the marriage has not been registered, apply at any time to a Registrar in the prescribed form for registration of the marriage.
(2) The Registrar may require the parties to the marriage to appear before him and to produce such evidence of the marriage, either oral or documentary, and to furnish such other particulars as may be required by him.
(3) The Registrar may, on being satisfied of the truth of the statements contained in the application, register the marriage by entering the particulars thereof in the Marriage Register prescribed for this purpose.
(4) The entry of the marriage in the Marriage Register shall be signed by the Registrar making the entry and by both parties to the marriage, if available, or, otherwise, by whichever party who appears before the Registrar.
(5) Upon the registration of the marriage, a certified copy of the entry in the Marriage Register signed by the Registrar and sealed with his seal of office shall be delivered or sent to the husband and another copy to the wife and a third shall be sent to the Chief Registrar.
(6) The Registrar shall not register a marriage under this section if he is satisfied that the marriage is void under this Act.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Walau apa pun peruntukan seksyen _6 dan Pendaftaran seksyen 31, pihak-pihak kepada sesuatu perkahwinan kubwinansukarela permengikut Hukum Syara' yang diakadnikahkan di perkahwinan bawah mana-mana undang-ündang sebelum atau se- orang Islam yang diakadlepas tarikh yang ditetapkan boleh, jika perkahwinan nikahkan itu belum didaftarkan, memohon pada bila-bila masa dahulunya di bawah kepada Pendattar dalam borang yang dıtetapkan untuk mana-mana didaftarkan perkalwinan itu. undangundang.
(2) Pendaftar boleh menghendaki pihak-pihak kepada perkahwinan itu hadir di hadapannya dan mengemukakan apa-apa keterangan yang dikehendakinya mengenai perkahwinan itu, sama ada lisan atau dokumentar, dan memberi apa-apa butir lain sebagaimana yang dikehendaki olehnya.
(3) Pendaftar boleh, setelah puas hati tentang kebenaran pernyataan-pernyataan yang terkandung dalam permohonan itu, mendaftarkan perkahwinan itu dengan mencatatkan butir-butir mengenainya dalam Dattar Perkahwınan yang dıtetapkan bagı maksud ın1.
(4) Catatan perkahwinan dalam Daftar Perkahwinan itu hendaklah ditandatangani oleh Pendaftar yang membuat catatan itu dan oleh kedua-dua pihak kepada perkahwinan itu, jika dapat hadir, jika tidak, "oleh mana-mana satu pihak yang hadir di hadapan Pendaftar.
[Bah. III-IV, S. 33-36]
(5) Selepas perkahwinan itu didaftarkan, satu salinan dihantar kepada suami dan satu salinan lagi kepada isteri dan satu salinan ketiga hendaklah dihantar
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).
