ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW
PART IX - OFFENCES
Section 149. Illicit intercourse between divorced persons.
(1) Any man who, having lawfully divorced his wife, resumes cohabitation with her without having pronounced a lawful rojok shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or with fine not at the time of such resumption of cohabitation aware of the occurrence of the divorce with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or with fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(2) Any woman who abets am offence punishable under sub-section (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven days or with fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(3) Save in the cases referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section, whoever shall be guilty of illicit intercourse, whether or not the other party to such illicit intercourse professes the Muslim Religion, shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.