ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1993 CRIMINAL OFFENCES IN THE SYARAK ENACTMENT 1991
PART II - OFFENCES
Section 23. Takfir.
(1) Any person who utters or implies by words, either spoken or written or by signs, or by visible representations, or by any act, activity or conduct or by organising, prompting or arranging any activity, or otherwise in any other manner that any person professing the Religion of Islam or persons in any group, class or description of persons professing the Religion of Islam:
(i) is a non-Muslim, or
(ii) has ceased to profess that religion, or should not be accepted, or cannot be accepted, as professing the Religion of Islam, or
(iii) does not believe, follow profess or belong to the Religion of Islam
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both:
Provided that this section shall not apply to:
(a) anything done by any religious authority established, constituted or appointed by or under any written law and conferred by and written law with power to give or issue any fatwa or decision on any matter pertaining to the Islamic Religion;
(b) anything done by any person which is in pursuance of which accords with, any fatwa or decision given or issued by such religious authority, whether or not such fatwa or decision is in writing, and if in writing, whether or not it is published in the Gazette.
(2) Any person who interprets wrongly any fatwa issued by a religious authority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.