ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW
PART IX - OFFENCES
Section 141. Attendance at mosque.
Any male who has attained the age of fifteen according to the Gregorian calendar eho fails to attend midday prayers on Friday at a mosque of a kariah in which he ordinarily resides shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be guilty of an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding twenty five dollars:
Provided that no offence shall be committed by any such person if-
(a) his attendance is prevented by rain;
(b) his place of residence is more than three miles by the nearest route from a mosque;
(c) less than forty male Muslims aged fifteen years or over, or such lesser number as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may prescribe as the number in whose presence Friday prayers may be performed, reside in the kariah in which he then is; or
(d) he is sick, absent from his ordinary place of residence or prevented from attending by other grounds lawful according to Muslim law.