ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966
SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966

PART V - OFFENCES



Section 96. Incest.

(1) Any person who has sexual intercourse with a person whom he is forbidden to marry under Hukum Shara' is guilty of the offence of incest.

(2) A male person who has committed the offence of incest of the nature set out in sub-section (1) above, on being found guilty of the offence by a competent court, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding six months or to a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars or' both.

(3) Any woman who is convicted by a competent court of being a participator in the offence referred to in this sub­section shall be liable to the same sentence as is specified above.




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