ENACTMENT No. 7 Of 2008 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008
PART IV - PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
Section 37. Interference with marriage
Unless permitted under Hukum Syarak, any person who uses any force or threat-
(a) to compel a person to marry against his will; or
(b) to prevent a man who has attained the age of eighteen years or a woman who has attained the age of sixteen years from solemnizing a valid marriage,
commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both.