ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1986
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986

PART VII - OFFENCES



Section 209. Contempt of religion.

(1) Whoever, whether orally or in writing or by any act or in any manner whatsoever, treats with contempt the Religion of Islam or the ways of any of the Religion of Islam or the ways of any of the four Mazhabs, or any religious officer or religious teacher or authorized Imam or any Fatwa lawfully issued under this Enactment commits an offence and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding one year or with both.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a Muslim who admits to being a person who is not a Muslim treats with contempt the Religion of Islam.




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