ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1985 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1985
PART V – DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Section 45. Extent of power to make any order.
Save as is otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this Enactment shall authorize the Court to make an order of divorce or an order pertaining to a divorce or to permit a husband to pronounce a talaq except-
(a) where the marriage has been registered or deemed to be registered under this Enactment;
(b) where the marriage was contracted in accordance with Hukum Syara'; and
(c) where the residence of either of the parties to the marriage at the time when the application is presented is in the State of Penang.