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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 35

s 35 Encouraging vice

Any person who promotes, induces or encourages another person to indulge in any vice shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Menggalakkan maksiat

Mana-mana orang yang menganjurkan, mendorong atau menggalakkan orang lain untuk melakukan apa-apa maksiat adalah tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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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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