ENACTMENT No. 9 Of 1962
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT

PART IX - OFFENCES



Section 150. 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 a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or, if his wife was 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 a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

(2) Any woman who abets an offence punishable under sub-section (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven days or with a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.




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