ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1952 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1952
PART IX - OFFENCES
Section 162. Improper retention of funds.
Whoever, being a pegawai masjid or a member of a jawatan kuasa kariah and having received as such any habuan or other monies which under the provisions of this Enactment are divisible among the pegawai masjid of his kariah or among the anak kariah, improperly retains the same or fails to account therefor shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or with fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and the Court may make a summary order for payment to the persons entitled thereto of any sums the subject-matter of the offence:
Provided that no prosecution shall be brought under this section later than eighteen months after the alleged commission of the offence.