ENACTMENT No. 13 OF 2015
SYARIAH CRIMINAL CODE (II) (1993) 2015

PART I - HUDUD OFFENCES



Section 21. Consequences of al-li’an

Where a married couple resort to al-li’an to settle an accusation of adultery between them neither the husband shall be guilty of qazaf, nor the wife of adultery, and both of them shall be free from punishment for such offence; but the marriage shall be dissolved forthwith and the Judge shall make an order accordingly; and the couple shall forever not be capable of marrying each other again and if they thereafter having a sexual intercourse such act is prohibited and the intercourse is considered as an adultery.




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