ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2002 SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)
TERENGGANU ENACTMENT 1423H/2002M
PART VII - IRTIDAD OR RIDDAH
Section 26. Punishment for Irtidad or riddah offences.
(1) Whoever is found guilty of committing the offence of irtidad or riddah before a sentence is passed on him, be required by the Court to repent within a period of not less than three days after he has been so found.
(2) Where he is reluctant to repent and still continues with his commitment as regards the act he has done or the word he has uttered the Court shall pronounce the death sentence on him and order the forfeiture of his property irrespective of whether such property was acquired before or after the commission of the offence and to be held by the Baitulmal:
Provided that when he repents, whether the repentance is done before the death sentence is pronounced or after such pronouncement but before the sentence is carried out, he shall be free from the death sentence and his property ordered to be forfeited shall be returned to him:
Provided further that he shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years.