ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1987 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987
PART II - MARRIAGE
Section 20. Place of marriage.
(1) No marriage shall be solemnized except in the mukim masjid in which the woman resides, but the Registrar or Syariah Judge giving permission to marry under section 17 or 18 may give permission for the marriage to be solemnized elsewhere, whether in the State of Pahang or in any State or in the Federal Territory.
(2) A permission under subsection (1) may be expressed in the permission to marry given under section 17 or 18.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a marriage may be solemnized in a mukim masjid other than that where the woman resides if-
(a)in a case where the woman resides in the State of Pahang, a permission to marry in respect of the marriage has been given under section 17 or 18 and the permission for the solemnization of the marriage in other mukim masjid has been given under subsection (1); or
(b) in a case where the woman resides in a State or in the Federal Territory, a permission to marry in respect of the marriage and a permission for the marriage to be solemnized in other mukim masjid have been given by the proper authority of that State or the Federal Territory.