Section 37. Liability for Fitrah. (KELANTAN COUNCIL OF RELIGION AND MALAY CUSTOM ENACTMENT, 1966

ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1966
KELANTAN COUNCIL OF RELIGION AND MALAY CUSTOM ENACTMENT, 1966

PART III - FINANCIAL
ZAKAT AND FITRAH

Section 37. Liability for Fitrah.

(1) Fitrah shall be payable by all Muslim in the State who are heads of a family and the rate shall be the number of gantangs as equivalent to two-third of the total number of dependents in that family;

Provided that if fraction is had after the above calculation that fraction shall be construed as one gantang.

(2) One gantang Baghdad is equivalent to 3 katties and 12 tahils Malayan measure.

(3) Payment of fitrah may be excused on grounds of poverty. The Imam may with the approval of the other pegawai masjid omit from the assessment list prepared by him the name of any person considered too poor to pay fitrah, but in any such case he shall inform the Majlis of the fact and the Majlis may reverse such decision.