Section 109. Recognition of Muslim marriages solemnized outside this State (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 2002

ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 2002
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 2002

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Other Reliefs

Section 109. Recognition of Muslim marriages solemnized outside this State

A Muslim marriage solemnized outside this State other than a marriage solemnized in a Malaysian Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate under section 24 shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if-

(a)

it was solemnized in a form required or permitted by the law of the place where it was solemnized;

(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 this State, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.