ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984
PART II - MARRIAGE
Section 18. Place of marriage.
(1) No marriage shall be solemnized except in the kariah masjid in which the woman resides, but the Registrar or Syar'iah Judge giving permission to marry under section 15 or 16 may give permission for the marriage to be solemnized elsewhere, whether in the State of Perak or in any State.
(2) A permission under subsection (1) may be expressed in the permission to marry given under section 15 or 16.
(3) Notwithstanding subsect\on (1), a marriage may he solemnized in a kariah masjid other than that where the woman resides if-
(a) in a case where the woman resides in the State of Perak, a permission for the marriage to be solemnized in that kariah masjid has been given under section 15 or 16 and the permission for the solemnization of he marriage in other kariah masjid has been given under subsection (1); or
(b) in a case where the woman resides in a State, a permission to marry and a permission for the marriage to be solemnized in other kariah masjid hav e been given by the proper authority of that State.