ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1985 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1985
PART VI – MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 71. Right to accommodation.
(1) A divorced woman is entitles to stay in the home where she used to live when she was married, for so long as the husband is not able to get other suitable accommodation for her.
(2) The right to accommodation provided in subsection (1) shall cease –
(a) if the period of ‘iddah has expired; or
(b) if the period of guardianship of the children has expired; or
(c) if the woman has remarried;
and thereupon the husband may apply to the Court for the return of the home to him.