ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1985 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1985
PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN, AND OTHERS
Section 58. Power of Court to order maintenance of wife, and the effect of nusyuz.
(1) The Court may, subject to Hukum Syara’, order a man to pay maintenance to his wife or former wife.
(2) Subject to Hukum Syara’ and confirmation by the Court , a wife shall not be entitled to maintenance when she is nusyuz, or unreasonably refuses to obey the lawful wishes or commands of her husband, that is to say, inter alia-
(a) when she withholds her association with her husband;
(b) when she leaves her husband’s home against his will; or
(c) when she refuses to move with him to another home or place,
without any valid reason according to Hukum Syara’.
(3) As soon as the wife repents and obeys the lawful wishes and commands of her husband, she ceases to be nusyuz