ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984
PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 55. Power of Court to order maintenance of wife and the choct of nusyuz.
(1) The Court may, subject to Hukum Syara' order a man to pay maintenance to his wife or former wife.
(2) Subject to Hukum yara' and confirmation by the Court, a wife shall not be entitled to maintenance when she is nusyuz or unreasonably refuses to obey the lawful wishes or commands of her husband, that is to say, inter alia-
(a) when she withholds her association with her husband;
(b) when she leaves her husband's home against his will; or
(c) when she refuses tei move with him to another home or place,
without any valid reason according to Hukum Syara'.
(3) As soon as the wife repents and obeys the lawful wishes and commands of her husband, she ceases to he nusyuz.