ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1987 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987
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 authorise 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 III 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 Pahang.