Enactment No. 3 Of 1996
SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

PART II - OFFENCES RELATING TO AQIDAH



Section 3. Wrongful worship

(1) Any person who worships nature or does any act which shows worship or reverence of any person, animal, place or things in any manner contrary to Islamic Law shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

(2) The Court may order that any device, object or thing used in the commission of or related to the offence referred to in subsection (1) be forfeited and destroyed, notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted of such offence.




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