Original Enactment


NEGERI PERAK

ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1992
CRIMES (SYARIAH) ENACTMENT 1992

Date of Royal Assent :13 January 1993
Date of publication in the Gazette :18 February 1993
Date of coming into operation :18 February 1993
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Preamble.

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Section 1. Short tittle and application.
Section 2. Interpretation.
Section 3. Saving of preroagtive rights.

PART II - GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

Section 4. Act of a child not yet akil baligh.
Section 5. Act of a person of unsound mind.
Section 6. Act done by a person justified by law.
Section 7. Act to which a person is compelled by threats.

PART III - OFFENCES RELATING TO AQIDAH

Section 8. Worshipping.
Section 9. Deviationist teaching or practice.
Section 10. Propagation, of religious doctrine, etc.
Section 11. False claim.
Section 12. Declaring to be non-Muslim.

PART IV - OFFENCES RELATING TO THE SANCTITY OF RELIGION AND ITS INSTITUTION

Section 13. Words or action importing apostacy.
Section 14. Insulting, bringing into contempt etc., the Religion of Islam.
Section 15. Deriding, etc., Quranic verses or Hadith.
Section 16. Contempt or defiance or religious authorities.
Section 17. Degrading the law or bringing it into contempt.
Section 18. Defiance of Court order.
Section 19. Instigating neglect of religious duty.
Section 20. Defiance of order of Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan.
Section 21. Opinion of contrary to fatwa.
Section 22. Religious publication contrary to Hukum syara'.
Section 23. Not performing Friday prayers.
Section 24. Disrespect for Ramadhan.
Section 25. Non-payment of Zakat or fitrah.
Section 26. Gambling.

PART V - MISCELANNEOUS OFFENCES RELATING TO PUBLIC JUSTICE AND SECURITY

Section 27. Giving false evidence, information or statement.
Section 28. Takfir.
Section 29. Encouraging vice.
Section 30. Enticing a married woman or preventing married couple from living together.
Section 31. Instigating married woman or man to divorce or negelct duties.
Section 32. Enticing a female person.
Section 33. Selling or giving away child.
Section 34. Anak dara absconding from custody.
Section 35. Disturbing a religious assembly or ceremony.
Section 36. Destroying or defiling placeof worship.
Section 37. Words that may cause breach of peace.
Section 38. Building a mosque without permission.
Section 39. Secrecy.
Section 40. Illegal payment of zakat or fitrah.
Section 41. Illegal collection of zakat or fitrah.
Section 42. Retentionf of collection by Amil.
Section 43. Collection without permission.
Section 44. Misuse of Baitulmal's property, etc.

PART VI - OFFENCES RELATING TO DECENCY

Section 45. Muabbad and ghairu Muabbad relationship.
Section 46. Prostituting oneself.
Section 47. Prostituting wife or child.
Section 48. Illicit intercouse.
Section 49. An act preparatory to illicit intercouse.
Section 50. Pregnancy out of wedlock.
Section 51. Illegal cohabitation.
Section 52. Qazaf.
Section 53. Musahaqah.
Section 54. Khalwat.
Section 55. Man posing as woman.
Section 56. Exposing body in public.
Section 57. Indecent acts.
Section 58. Annoyance.
Section 59. Intoxicating drink.
Section 60. Making, selling, etc., intoxicating drink.

PART VII - GENERAL MATTERS

Section 61. Abetment of a thing.
Section 62. Abetment in the State of offences outside in the State.
Section 63. Punishment of abetment.
Section 64. Liability of abettor when a different act is done.
Section 65. Attempting to commit an offence.
Section 66. Offence not prescribed or for which punishment not provdied.
Section 67. Sanction and consent to prosecute.
Section 68. Repeal.

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