Section 8. Offence of distributing in a public place publications concerning non-Islamic religion to Muslims. (CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS

ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 1981
CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS

Section 8. Offence of distributing in a public place publications concerning non-Islamic religion to Muslims.

(1) A person commits an offence if he, in the course of distributing in a public place any publication concerning a non-Islamic religion, delivers a copy or copies of the publication to a person who is a Muslim.

(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable to a fine of one thousand ringgit.

(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1)-

(a)

that the accused has exercised reasonable care to endure that the publication did not fall into the hands of a person who is a Muslim; or

(b)

that the person to whom the accused had delivered the publication had requested for a copy or copies of the publication without any prompting on the part of the accused.