ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1952
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1952

PART IX - OFFENCES



Section 160. Failure to report.

(1) Whoever, being under a duty to report to a Registrar any marriage or divorce, wilfully neglects or fails to do so shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

(2) Whoever, being under a duty to report, or having reported, to a Registrar any marriage or divorce, and having been required by such Registrar to furnish any information or to execute or sign any document lawfully necessary for the purpose of effecting registration thereof, wilfully neglects or fails to comply with such requirement shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

(3) Whoever makes to any Registrar orally or in writing any wilfully false statement or declaration relating to any matter required under the provisions of this Enactment to be recorded or registered by such Registrar shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or with fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.




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