Section 2. Interpretation. (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 2. Interpretation.

(1) In this Enactment-

"authorised officer" means a public officer authorised under section 10 to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this Enactment;

"Non-Islamic religion" means Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, or any variation, version, form, or offshoot of any of the said religions, and includes any creed, ideology, philosophy, or any body of practices or observances, which has as one of its characteristics the worship of some spiritual or supernatural being or power, whether real or supposed, or which purports to have as its aim or one of its aims the attainment of spiritual enlightenment, spiritual existence, being a creed, ideology, philosophy, or body of practices or observances which is not recognised by the religion of Islam as belonging to it;

"publication" means any book, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, or any other reading material, whether printed, typed, handwritten, or otherwise produced, and any reproduction thereof by any means, and includes any sound-recording material;

"State" means the State of Kelantan.

(2) For the purpose of this Enactment, a publication shall be held to be one concerning a non-Islamic religion if it is or contains what to the fonowers or members of that religion is a holy or fundamental book, or one of the essential texts, of that religion or if in essence it is a publication which-

(a)

treats of history, tenets, teachings, characteristics, fundamentals, observances, rites, rituals, virtues, dogmas, ordinances, or organisation, of that religion;

(b)

treats of any being, power, person, or thing worshipped or revered by the fonowers or members of that religion especially;

(c)

comprises stories, tales, legends, fables, or anecdotes based on, emanating from, or forming the basis of, that religion;

(d)

seeks to lead persons to any knowledge or source of knowledge concerning any o the matters mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);

(e)

seeks to persuade, influence or incite persons to become followers or members of that religion or to learn or inquire about that religion; or

(f)

possesses any combination of the characteristics mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs (a) to (c).

(3) Notwithstanding that a publication is a publication concerning a non-Islamic religion by reason that it falls under paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of subsection (2), it shall not form the subject of an offence under this Enactment if the publication as a whole is in the interest of the religion of Islam or of Muslims as Muslims.