Section 21. Non-payment of zakat or fitrah. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 1995

ENACTMENT NO. 9 OF 1995
SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 1995

PART III - OFFENCES RELATING TO THE SANCTITY OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AND ITS INSTITUTION

Section 21. Non-payment of zakat or fitrah.

Any person who is liable to pay zakat or fitrah but-

(a) refuses or wilfully fails to pay such

zakat

fitrah;

(b) refuses or wildfully fails to pay such zakat or fitrah through an amil appointed, or any other party authorized, by the Majlis to collect zakat or fitrah,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.