ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1985
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1985

PART V - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE



Section 57. Power of Court to order division of harta sepencarian.

(1) The Court shall have power, when permitting the pronouncement of talaq or when making an order of divorce, to order the division between the parties of any assets acquired by them during the marriage by their joint efforts or the sale of any such assets and the division between the parties of the proceeds of sale.

(2) In exercising the power conferred by subsection (1), the Court shall have regard to-

and, subject to those considerations, the Court shall incline towards equality of division.

(3) The Court shall have power, when permitting the pronouncement of talaq or when making an order of divorce, to order the division between the parties of any assets acquired during the marriage by the sole efforts of one party to the marriage or the sale of any such assets and the division between the parties of the proceeds of sale.

(4) In exercising the power conferred by subsection (3), the Court shall have regard to-

and, subject to those considerations, the Court may divide the assets or the proceeds of sale in such proportions as the Court thinks reasonable, but in any case the party by whose efforts the assets were acquired shall receive a greater proportion.

(5) For the purposes of this section, references to assets acquired during a marriage include assets owned before the marriage by one party that have been substantially improved during the marriage by the other party or by their joint efforts.




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