ENACTMENT NO. 15 OF 1992 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1992
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 113. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside Sabah.
(1) A Muslim marriage contracted outside Sabah other than a marriage solemnized in a Malaysian Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate under section 24 shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if –
(a) it was contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the place where it was contracted;
(b) each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and
(c) where either of the parties is a resident of Sabah, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Muslim marriage contracted under the subsection shall not be registered under this Enactment if the marriage would have been in contravention of section 23 had the marriage been contracted within Sabah.