Section 105. Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc. in the State of Perak. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 105. Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc. in the State of Perak.

(1) a muslis marriage of persons who are not Malaysian citizens contracted in any foreign Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate in the State of Perak shall be recognised as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if-

(a) it was contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the country whose Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate it is, or in a form permitted under this Enactment;

(b) each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and

(c) where either of the parties is a resident of the State of Perak, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.

(2) A Muslim marriage contracted under subsection (1) shall not be registrable ulnder this Enactment if the marriage would have been contravention of section 21 had the marriage been contracted within the State of Perak outside the foreign Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate.