Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 37
Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984 s 37
Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.
s 37 Interference with marriage
Unless permitted under Hukum Syarak, any person who uses any force or threat—
(a) to compel a person to marry against his will; or
(b) to prevent a man who has attained the age of eighteen years or a woman who has attained the age of sixteen years from contracting a valid marriage,
commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
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).
