ENACTMENT NO. 15 OF 1992
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1992

PART IX - PENALTIES



Section 146. To conceal member of the heir.

(1) Any person who wilfully conceals any heir lawfully entitled to any estate commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding two years or with both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) The Court may order that any religious authority or any person authorised by the Court to search for, investigate into or compile a list of all persons who are entitled to be heirs.

(3) Any person who wilfully disobeys any order of the Court under subsection (2) commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding one year or with both such fine and imprisonment.




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