ENACTMENT No. 9 Of 1962 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT
PART IX - OFFENCES
Section 149. Bersunyi-sunyian.
(1) Any male Muslim who is found in retirement with and in suspicious proximity to any woman, whether or not professing the Muslim Religion, other than a woman whom by reason of consanguinity, affinity or fosterage he is forbidden by Muslim Law to marry, shall be guilty of bersunyi-sunyian and shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or with a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or with a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.
(2) Any female Muslim who abets an offence punishable under sub-section (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or with a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence by her of a like nature, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or with a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.
(3) Any female Muslim who is found in retirement with and in suspicious proximity to any man who does not profess the Muslim Religion shall be punishable in like manner as if for an offence against sub-section (2) of this section.
(4) The President may order that any female found guilty of an offence under this section shall be committed to a home approved by the Majlis for such time, not exceeding six months, as the President shall consider appropriate.