ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983
PART IV - DIVORCE
Section 39. Rujuk.
(1) (a) If after which can be rujuk, and such rujuk takes place by mutual consent, the parties shall report the fact of such rujuk and all relevant particulars to the Registrar of the mukim masjid in which they reside. The Registrar shall make such enquiry as may be necessary and if satisfied that such rujuk has taken place in accordance with Hukum Syarak, shall register such rujuk by making an endorsement on the entry in the Register of Divorces, if the divorce was registered by him, and shall require the parties to deliver to him the relevant Certificates of Divorce and shall issue to them Certificates of Rujuk in the Form 5D. The Registrar shall also deliver a copy of the Certificate of Rujuk to the Chief Registrar who shall make an endorsement on the entry of the Register of Divorces kept by him;
(b) any party to a marriage who does not report the rujuk within the appointed time shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(2) If the divorce was not registered by the Registrar, he shall record on the Certificates of Divorce the serial number and particulars of the Certificates of Rujuk and shall forward the Certificate of Divorce to the Registrar by whom the Certificates were issued together with a copy of the Certificate of Rujuk and such other Registrar shall thereupon register the rujuk by making an endorsement on the entry in the Register of Divorces. Such other Registrar shall thereupon send a copy of the Certificate of Rujuk to the Chief Registrar, who shall make an endorsement on the entry in the Register of Divorces kept by him.
(3) If a divorce which can be rujuk has taken place without the knowledge of the wife, the husband shall not require or request the wife to cohabit with him without disclosing the fact of divorce and pronouncing a rujuk.
(4) If after a divorce which can be rujuk, the husband has pronounced a rujuk-
(a) if the wife has consented to the rujuk, she may on the application of the husband be ordered by the Court to resume conjugal relations, unless she shall show good cause in accordance with Hukum Syarak to the contrary, in which case the Court shall appoint a Conciliatory Committee as provided in section 35 and the provisions of subsections (3) to (10) of that section shall apply accordingly;
(b) if the wife has not consented to the ru juk for reasons permitted under Hukum Syarak, she shall not be ordered by the Court to resume conjugal relations, but the Court shall appoint a Conciliatory Committee as provided in section 35 and the provisions of subsection (3) to (10) of that section shall apply accordingly.
(5) Every Registrar shall keep a Register of Rujuk in Form 5E.