Section 151. Fornication. (ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT

ENACTMENT No. 9 Of 1962
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT

PART IX - OFFENCES

Section 151. Fornication.

(1) Any male Muslim who has sexual intercourse with a woman professing Islam who is, or whom he knows or has reason to believe to be, the wife of another man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of fornication, and shall be liable on conviction before a competent court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Any woman convicted before a competent court of being a participator in the foregoing offence shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

(2) A male Muslim who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is not the wife of some other man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of fornication and on conviction by a competent court shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Any woman who is found guilty by a competent court of being a participator in the offence referred to in this subsection shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.