ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1980 CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS ENACTMENT 1980
Section 5. Offence of subjecting a Muslim under the age of eghteen years to influences of a non-Islamic religion.
(1) A person commits an offence if he requires, causes, persuades, influences, incites, encourages, or allows another person under the age of eighteen years who is a Muslim to receive instruction in a non-Islamic religion, or to take part in any ceremony, act of worship, or religious activity of a non-Islamic religion or in any activity which is sponsored or organised by or is for the benefit of a non-Islamic religion or any body or institution associated with a non-Islamic religion.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not less than one year and not exceeding eight years or to a fine no exceeding fiffty thousand ringgit or to both.
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(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that the accused, prior to the alleged offence, had been informed by the parent or guardian of the person under the age of eighteen years that the person was not a Muslim.
(4) It shall not be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that accused, prior to the alleged offence. had not been informed by the parent or guardian of the person under the age of eighteen years of the religion of that person.