Section 115. Takfir. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1992 -

Enactment No. 4 of 1992
SYARIAH CRIMINAL (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1992 -

PART IV - OFFENCES
Of Miscellaneous Offences And Sanction To Prosecute

Section 115. 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 Islamic Religion or persons in group, class or description of persons professing Islamic Religion-

(i) is an infidel

(kafir);

(ii) has ceased to profess the Religion of Islam; or

(iii) should not be accepted, or cannot be accepted, as professing the Islamic Religion; or

(iv) does not believe, follow, profess or belong to the Islamic Religion,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to both:

Provided that this section shall not be applied to -

(a) anything done by any religious authority established, constituted or appointed by or under any written law and conferred by any written law with power to give or issue any

fatwa

or decision or any matter pertaining to with the Islamic Religion;

(b) anything done by any person which is in pursuance of or 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.