ENACTMENT NO. 10 OF 1988
REGISTRATION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS BILL 1988

PART II - OFFENCES



Section 5. Offence of subjecting a Muslim under the age of eighteen years to influences of a non-Islamic religion.

(1) A person commits an offence if he requires, causes, persuades, influences, coerces, incites, encourages, or allows a Muslim under the age of eighteen years to receive instruction in a non-Islamic religion, or to take part in any ceremony, act of worship, or religious activity of a non-Islamic religion or in any activity which is sponsored or organised by or is for the benefit of a non-Islamic religion or any body or institution associated with a non-Islamic religion.

(2) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that the accused, prior to the alleged offence, had been informed by the parent or guardian of the person under the age of eighteen years that the person was not a Muslim.

(4) It shall not be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that accused, prior to the alleged offence, had not been informed by the parent or guardian of the person under the age of eighteen years of the religion of that person.




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