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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 4

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 4

s 4 False doctrine

(1) Any person who teaches or expounds in any place, whether private or public, any doctrine or performs any ceremony or act relating to the religion of Islam shall, if such doctrine or ceremony or act is contrary to Islamic Law or any fatwa for the time being in force in the Federal Territories, 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 whipping not exceeding six strokes or to any combination thereof. (2) The Court may order that any document or thing used in the commission of or related to the offence referred to in subsection (1) be forfeited and destroyed, notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted of such offence.

Malay text (authoritative)

Doktrin palsu

(1) Mana-mana orang yang mengajar atau menjelaskan apa-apa doktrin atau melaksanakan apa-apa upacara atau perbuatan yang berhubungan dengan agama Islam di mana-mana tempat, sama ada tempat persendirian atau tempat awam, adalah melakukan suatu Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan) 11 kesalahan jika doktrin atau upacara atau perbuatan itu berlawanan dengan Hukum Syarak atau mana-mana fatwa yang sedang berkuat kuasa di Wilayah Persekutuan, dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau disebat tidak melebihi enam sebatan atau dihukum dengan mana-mana kombinasi hukuman itu. (2) Mahkamah boleh memerintahkan supaya mana-mana dokumen atau benda yang digunakan dalam pelakuan atau yang ada kaitan dengan kesalahan yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) dilucuthakkan dan dimusnahkan, walaupun tiada seorang pun telah disabitkan atas kesalahan itu.

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Find Act 559 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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