Section 38. Collection of zakat or fitrah without authority (SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES ENACTMENT 2013

ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 2013
SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES ENACTMENT 2013

PART V - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES

Section 38. Collection of zakat or fitrah without authority

Any person who collects zakat or fitrah or causes zakat or fitrah to be collected without having been appointed as amil or otherwise authorised by the Majlis commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and the Court shall order such collection to be confiscated and paid into the Fund established under section 67 of the Administration Enactment.