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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 37

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 37

s 37 Preventing married couple from cohabiting

Any person who prevents a married couple from cohabiting as a legally married couple shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both, and the Court shall order the couple to cohabit as a legally married couple.

Malay text (authoritative)

Menghalang pasangan yang sudah bernikah daripada hidup sebagai suami isteri

Mana-mana orang yang menghalang pasangan yang sudah bernikah daripada hidup sebagai suami isteri yang sudah bernikah Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan) 23 dengan sah adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi dua ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi satu tahun atau kedua-duanya, dan Mahkamah hendaklah memerintahkan pasangan itu supaya hidup sebagai pasangan suami isteri yang sudah bernikah dengan sah.

Read this section in the full act β†’ Β· Open Part V β†’

Find Act 559 on lom.agc.gov.my β†—

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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