ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW
PART IX - OFFENCES
Section 162. Contempt of religion.
Whoever by words spoken or written or by visible representations insults or brings into contempt or attempts of to insult or bring into contempt the law of the Muslim Religion or the tenets of any sect thereof or the teaching of any lawfully authorized religious teacher or any fetua lawfully authorized religious teacher or any fetua lawfully issued by the President or under the provisions of this Enactment shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.