ENACTMENT NO. 15 OF 1992 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1992
PART IX - PENALTIES
Section 130. Failure of husband to give maintenance to wife or children.
(1) A husband who fails to give maintenance to the wife without reasonable cause shall commits an offence.
(2) A father who fails to give maintenance to the children under his care shall commits an offence.
(3) The Court may order that the husband or father who is found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) to pay or give effect to any Court order relating to the maintenance of his wife or children under his care.
(4) Whoever refuses or does not comply with the order of the Court under subsection (3) commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding one year or with both such fine and imprisonment.
(5) The punishment imposed under this section, unless accepted by the wife or children under his care, does not derogate his responsibility on maintenance or accrued maintenance which must be settled to the wife or children under his care.