Section 104. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside the State of Perak. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 104. Recognition of Muslim marriages contracted outside the State of Perak.

(1) A Muslim marriage contracted outside the State of Perak other than a marriage solemnized in a Malaysian Embassy, High ommission, or Consulate under section 22 shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if -

(a) it was contracted in a form required· or permitted by the law of the place where it was contracted;

(b) each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and

(c) where either of the parties is a resident of the State of Perak, bot parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.

(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a Muslim marriage contracted under the subsection shall not be registrable under this Enactment if the marriage would have been in contravention of section 21 had the marriage been contracted within the State of Perak.