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



Section 139. Failure to report.

(1) Whoever, being under a duty to report to a Registrar any marriage or divorce, willfully neglects or fails to do so shall be liable to be punished 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 registration thereof, willfully neglects or fails to comply with such requirement shall be liable to be punished with a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

(3) Whoever makes to any Registrar orally or in writing any willfully 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 liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or with fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or with both such imprisonment and fine.




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