ENACTMENT No. 9 Of 1962
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT

PART IX - OFFENCES



Section 152. Incest.

(1) Any person who has sexual intercourse with a person whom he is forbidden to marry under Hukum Shara' is guilty of the offence of incest.

(2) A male person who has committed the offence of incest of the nature set out in sub-section (1) above, on being found guilty of the offence by a competent court, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding two years or to a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars or both.

Any woman who is convicted by a competent court of being a participator in the offence referred to in this sub-section shall be liable to the same sentence as is specified above.




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