Section 215. Refusing to answer a religious officer authorized to question (SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1996
SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

PART VIII - GENERAL

Section 215. Refusing to answer a religious officer authorized to question

Whoever, being legally bound to state the truth of any subject to any religious officer, refuses to answer any question demanded of him touching that subject by such officer, in the exercise of the legal powers of such religious officer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.