Section 109. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside the State of Pahang. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987

ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1987
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 109. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside the State of Pahang.

(1) A Muslim marriage contracted outside the State of Pahang 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 contracted in a form required or permitted by the law of the place where it was contracted;

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

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a muslim marriage contracted under that subsection shall not be registrable under this Enactment if the marriage would have been in contravention of section 23 had the marriage been contracted with the State of Pahang.