ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1983
PART VII - GUARDIANSHIP Other Reliefs
Section 109. Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc., in Malaysia.
(1) A Muslim marriage of person who are not Malaysian citizens contracted in any foreign Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate in Malaysia shall be recognised as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if-
(a) it was contracted in a from required or permitted by the law of the country whose Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate it is, or in a form permitted under this Enactment;
(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) A Muslim marriage contracted under subsection (1) shall not be registrable under this Enactment if the marriage would have been in contravention of section 23 had the marriage been contracted within Negeri Sembilan outside the foreign Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate.