Section 108. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside Negeri Sembilan. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1983

ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1983
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1983

PART VII - GUARDIANSHIP
Other Reliefs

Section 108. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside Negeri Sembilan.

(1) A Muslim marriage contracted outside Negeri Sembilan other than a marriage solemnized in a Malaysian Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate under section 24 shall be recognised as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if-

(a) it was contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the place where it was contracted;

(b) each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and

(c) where either of the parties is a resident of Negeri Sembilan, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Muslim marriage contracted under the subsection shall not be registrable under this Enactment if the marriage would have been in contravention of section 23 the marriage been contracted within Negeri Sembilan.