Section 32. Offences relating to solemnization of a marriage. (ISLAMIC FAMILY ENACTMENT 1979

ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1984
ISLAMIC FAMILY ENACTMENT 1979

PART IV - PENALTY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE

Section 32. Offences relating to solemnization of a marriage.

(1) A person knowingly and in contravention of this Enactment solemnizes or does any act purporting to be a solemnization of a marriage or performs a ceremony
of marriage-

(a) without first obtaining-

(i) the approval under section 13 or;

(ii) the approval under section 17; and

(b) not in the presence of a minimum of two trustworthy witnesses other than the person who solemnizes the marriage,

is guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction be liable to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or to a fine not exceeding three hundred ringgit or both.

(2) A person who solemnizes or does any act purporting to be solemnization of a marriage or performs a marriage rites with another person in contravention of any of the provisions of Part II is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or both.