ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986
PART VII - OFFENCES
Section 193. Acts of sumbang.
(1) Any man who is found co-residing or cohabiting, or in seclusion or conceaIment, or courting, in any place and in suspicious circumstances, with any woman who, by reason of consanguinity, affinity, or fosterage, he is forbidden by Hukum Syara' to marry, commits the offence of sumbang and sall be punished with a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or with imprisunment not exceeding one ydar or with both.
(2) Any woman who is found co-residing or cohabiting, .or in seclusion or concealment, or courting, in any place and in suspicious circumstances, with any man who, by reason of consanguinity, affinity, or fosterage, she is forbidden by Hukum Syara' to marry, commits the offence of sumbang and shall be punished with a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or with imprisonment not exceeding one year or with both.
(3) The provisions of sections 192 (3) shall apply, with the necessary modifieatons, to an offence under this section.