ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1955
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT 1955

PART V - FINANCIAL
Zakat and Fitrah



Section 76. Liability for fitrah.

(1) Fitrah shall be payable by all Muslim householders in the State and shall be at the rate of one gantang of rice for every person, the calculation being based in gantang Bagdad.

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

(3) Payment of fitrah may be excused on grounds of poverty. The Collector may, with the approval of the pegawai masjid concerned, note in the assessment list prepared by him the name of any person considered too poor to pay fitrah. Such note shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the pegawai masjid annexed to the list.




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