ENACTMENT NO 17 OF 2003 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF JOHORE) ENACTMENT 2003
PART IV - PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
Section 37. Interference with marriage
Unless permitted under Hukum Syarak, any person who uses any force or threat -
(a) to compel a person to marry against his will; or
(b) to prevent a man who has attained the age of eighteen years or a woman who has attained the age of sixteen years from solemnizing valid marriage,
commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or with both such fine and imprisonment.