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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 40

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 40

s 40 Selling or giving away child to non-Muslim

Any person who sells, gives away or delivers his child or a child under his care to any person who is not a Muslim shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and the Court may make such order as it deems appropriate in respect of the child.

Malay text (authoritative)

Menjual atau memberikan anak kepada orang bukan Islam

Mana-mana orang yang menjual, memberikan atau menyerahkan anaknya atau kanak-kanak di bawah peliharaannya kepada mana-mana orang yang tidak beragama Islam adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi tiga ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau kedua-duanya, dan Mahkamah boleh membuat apa-apa perintah yang difikirkannya sesuai berkenaan dengan anak atau kanak-kanak itu.

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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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