ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1985 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1985
PART II - MARRIAGE Preliminaries to a Marriage
Section 19. Permission necessary before solemnization.
No marriage shall be solemnized unless a permission to marry has been given –
(a) by the Registrar under section 17 or by the Syar’iah Judge under section 18, where the marriage involves a woman resident in the State of Penang; or
(b) by the proper authority of a State, where the marriage involves a woman resident in that State.