Original Enactment
PAHANG
ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 2005
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 2005
Date of Royal Assent :
27 December 2005
Date of publication in the Gazette :
31 December2005
Date of coming into operation :
12 April 2007
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Preamble
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section 1.
Short title and commencement
Section 2.
Interpretation
Section 3.
Saving of prerogative
Section 4.
Application
Section 5.
Criterion for deciding whether a person is a Muslim
Section 6.
Subsisting valid marriages deemed to be registered under this Enactment and dissoluble only under this Enactment
PART II - MARRIAGE
Section 7.
Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized
Section 8.
Minimum age for marriage
Section 9.
Relationship prohibiting marriage
Section 10.
Persons of other religions
Section 11.
Void marriages
Section 12.
Non-registrable marriages
Section 13.
Consent required
Section 14.
Marriage of a woman
Section 15.
Betrothal
Preliminaries To A Marriage
Section
16.
Application for permission to marry
Section
17.
Issue of permission to marry
Section
18.
Reference to an action by Syarie Judge
Section
19.
Permission necessary before solemnization
Section
20.
Place of marriage
Section
21.
Mas kahwin and pemberian
Section
22.
Entry in the Marriage Register
Section
23.
Polygamy
Section
24.
Solemnization of marriages in Malaysian Embassies, etc., abroad
PART III - REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
Section
25.
Registration
Section
26.
Marriage certificate and ta’liq certificate
Section
27.
Reporting of void or illegal marriages
Section
28.
Appointment of Chief Registrar, Senior Registrars, Registrars and Assistant Registrars of Muslim Marriages, Divorces, and Ruju’
Section
29.
Books and Registers to be kept of all marriages
Section
30.
Copies of entries to be sent to Chief Registrar
Section
31.
Registration of foreign marriage of a person resident in the State of Pahang
Section
32.
Unlawful registers
Section
33.
Voluntary registration of Muslim marriages previously solemnized under any law
Section
34.
Legal effect of registration
PART IV - PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES
Section
35.
Omission to appear before Registrar within prescribe time
Section
36.
Contravention of section 32
Section
37.
Interference with marriage
Section
38.
False declaration or statement for procuring marriage
Section
39.
Unauthorized solemnization of marriage
Section
40.
Offences relating to solemnization of marriage
Section
41.
Sanction for prosecution
Section
42.
Correction of errors
Section
43.
Inspection of Marriage Register and index
Section
44.
Proof
PART V - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Section
45.
Extent of power to make any order
Section
46.
Change of religion
Section
47.
Divorce by talaq or by order
Section
48.
Arbitration by Hakam
Section
49.
Divorce by khul’ or cerai tebus talaq
Section
50.
Divorce under ta’liq or stipulation
Section
51.
Divorce by li’an
Section
52.
Resumption of conjugal relationship or ruju’
Section
53.
Order for dissolution of marriage or fasakh
Section
54.
Presumption of death
Section
55.
Maintenance of Register of Divorces and Annulments
Section
56.
Registration of divorces
Section
57.
Registration of divorces outside the Court
Section
58.
Mut’ah or consolatory gift to woman divorced without just cause
Section
59.
Right to mas kahwin, etc., not to be affected
PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section
60.
Power of Court to order maintenance of wife,and the effect of nusyuz
Section
61.
Power of Court to order maintenance of certain persons
Section
62.
Assessment of maintenance
Section
63.
Power of Court to order security for maintenance
Section
64.
Compounding of maintenance
Section
65.
Duration of orders for maintenance
Section
66.
Right to maintenance or pemberian after divorce
Section
67.
Power of Court to vary orders for maintenance
Section
68.
Power of Court to vary agreements for maintenance
Section
69.
Maintenance payable under order of Court to be inalienable
Section
70.
Recovery of arrears of maintenance
Section
71.
Interim maintenance
Section
72.
Right to accommodation
Section
73.
Duty to maintain children
Section
74.
Power of Court to order maintenance for children
Section
75.
Power of Court to order security for maintenance of a child
Section
76.
Power of Court to vary order for custody or maintenance of a child
Section
77.
Power of Court to vary agreement for custody or maintenance of a child
Section
78.
Recovery of arrears of maintenance of a child
Section
79.
Duty to maintain child accepted as member of family
Section
80.
Duration of order for maintenance of a child
Section
81.
Duty to maintain illegitimate children
PART VII - GUARDIANSHIP
Hadhanah
or Custody of Children
Section
82.
Persons entitled to custody of a child
Section
83.
Qualifications necessary for custody
Section
84.
How right of custody is lost
Section
85.
Duration of custody
Section
86.
Custody of illegitimate children
Section
87.
Power of the Court to make order for custody
Section
88.
Order subject to conditions
Guardianship of Person and Property
Section
89.
Persons entitled to guardianship
Section
90.
Power over immovable and movable property
Section
91.
Appointment of guardians by the Court
Section
92.
Appointment of mother as testamentary guardian
Section
93.
Joint guardian with mother
Section
94.
Variation of power of guardian of property
Section
95.
Removal of guardian
Section
96.
Security to be given
Section
97.
Limitation of powers of guardian appointed by Court
Section
98.
Guardian may not give discharge for capital property
Section
99.
Guardian may support minor out of income
Section
100.
Special order in case of small estate
Section
101.
Application for opinion, etc.
Section
102.
Prohibition order by Court
Section
103.
Guardian of orphans
Section
104.
Court to have regard to advice of welfare officers, etc.
Section
105.
Power of Court to restrain taking of child out of Malaysia
Other Reliefs
Section
106.
Power of Court to set aside and prevent dispositions intended to defeat claims to maintenance
Section
107.
Restraining order
Section
108.
Prohibition order of disposal of harta sepencarian
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Section
109.
Recognition of Muslim marriages solemnized outside the State of Pahang
Section
110.
Recognition of marriages solemnized in Embassies, etc., in the State of Pahang
Legitimacy
Section
111.
Ascription of paternity
Section
112.
Birth more than four years after dissolution of marriage
Section
113.
Birth after declaration of completion of ‘iddah
Section
114.
Syubhah intercourse
Section
115.
Conditions for valid acknowledgment
Section
116.
Presumption from acknowledgment rebuttable
Section
117.
Acknowledgment by a woman in ‘iddah
Section
118.
Acknowledging another as mother or father
Section
119.
Acknowledgment other than as a child, mother or father
Section
120.
Acknowledgment irrevocable
O
rder to Resume Cohabitation
Section
121.
Application by deserted wife
Division of Harta Sepencarian
Section
122.
Power of Court to order division of harta sepencarian
Appeals
Section
123.
Appeals
PART IX - PENALTIES
Section
124.
Polygamy without Court’s permission
Section
125.
Divorce outside Court and without Court’s permission
Section
126.
Failure to report
Section
127.
Desertion of wife
Section
128.
Ill-treatment of spouse
Section
129.
Failure to give proper justice to wife
Section
130.
Disobedience by wife
Section
131.
Attempt to be murtad to annul marriage
Section
132.
Illicit intercourse between divorced persons
Section
133.
Wilful neglect to comply with order
Section
134.
Attempts and abetment
P
ART X - GENERAL
Section
135.
Power to make rules
Section
136.
Repeal
SCHEDULE
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