ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983
PART IV - DIVORCE
Section 38. Fasakh.
A woman married in accordance with Hukum Syarak shall be entitled to obtain an order for the dissolution of her marriage by fasakh on anyone or more of the following grounds namely-
(a) that the husband was impotent and continues to be so for the period of one year after the complaint;
(b) that the husband was insane or is suffering from leprosy or vitiligo or from a virulent venereal disease, so long as there is no clear proof to show that she has accepted that fact;
(c) that the wife, after having been given in marriage by her father or grandfather before she attains puberty in accordance with Hukum Syarak, repudiated the marriage before attaining the age of eighteen years;
(d) that the consent of the wife to the marriage was given in an unlawful manner whether in consequence of duress, mistake, unsoundness of mind or other reasons in accordance with Hukum Syarak;
(e) that at the time oithe marriage the wife was (whether continuously or intermittently) a mentally disordered person within the meaning of the Mental Disorders Ordinance 1952 [Ordinance 31/52], of such a kind or to such an extent as to make her unfit for marriage;
(f) on any other ground which is recognised as valid for the dissolution of marriages by fasakh in accordance with the Hukum Syarak.