Section 33. Collection of zakat or fitrah without authority. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

Enactment No. 3 Of 1996
SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

PART V - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES

Section 33. Collection of zakat or fitrah without authority.

Any person who collects zakat or fitrah or causes to be collected zakat or fitrah without having been appointed as amil or otherwise authorized by the Majlis shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and the Court shall order such collection to be confiscated and paid into the Fund established under subsection 90 (1) of the Administration Enactment.