ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1997 SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES ENACTMENT 1997
PART III - OFFENCES RELATING TO THE SANCTITY OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AND ITS INSTITUTION
Section 8. Deriding etc. Quranic verses or Hadith.
Any person who, by his words or acts, derides, insults, ridicules or brings into contempt the verses of Al-Quran or Hadith shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.