ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1956 ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956
PART VI - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 117. Betrothal.
If any person shall, either orally or in writing, and either personally or through an intermediary, have entered into a contract of betrothal in accordance with the Law of the Religion of Islam, and shall subsequently refuse without lawful reason to marry the other party to such contract, such other party being willing to perform tne same, the party in default shall be liable, if a male, to pay as damages the amount of the mas-kahwin which Would have been payable together with other monies expended in good faith in preparation for the marriage, or, if a female, to return the betrothal gifts, if any, or the value thereof and to pay as damages the amount agreed in the contract by which the marriage was arranged to be paid by her in breach of- the contract and the same may be r~covered by action in the Court.