ENACTMENT NO 4 OF 1955
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1955 (1374H)



Section 141. Improper retention of funds.

Whoever being a Deputy Controller, or Collector or person performing the duties of a collector, and having received as such any habuan or other monies which under the provisions of this Enactment are divisable among the pegawai masjid of his mukim, improperly retains the same or fails to account therefore to such pegawai masjid shall be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or with fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or with both such imprisonment and fine, 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.




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