ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1983
PART IV - PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
Section 37. Interference with marriage.
Unless permitted under Hukum Syara', any person who uses any force or threat-
(a) to compel a person to marry against his will; or
(b) to prevent a man who has attained the age of eighteen years or a woman who has attained the age of sixteen from contracting a valid marriage,
commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding six months or with both such fine and imprisonment.