ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966 SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966
PART III - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 64. Marriage of janda.
Where the bride is a janda-
(a) she shall not be married to any person, other than the husband from whom she was last divorced, at any time prior to the expiration of the period of eddah, which shall be calculated in accordance with Hukum Shara',
(b) she shall not be married unless she shall previously have produced-
(i) a certificate of the death of her late husband, or
(ii) a certificate of divorce lawfully issued under the law for the time being in force, or
(iii) a certified copy of the entry relating to such divorce in the appropriate register of divorces, or
(iv) a certificate, which may upon her application be granted after due enquiry by the Court of a Kadhi having jurisdiction in the place where she resides, to the effect that she is a janda.
(c) if the bride was divorced before the marriage had been consummated, she shall not be married to any person other than her previous husband during the period of eddah which would otherwise have been applicable, unless with the permission of the Kadhi having jurisdiction in the place where she resides,
(d) if the divorce was by three talak, she shall not be remarried to her previous husband, unless prior to such marriage she shall have been lawfully married to some other person and such marriage shall have been consummated and later lawfully dissolved.