Section 8. Offence of distributing in a public place publication concerning non Islamic religion to Muslims. (CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS ENACTMENT 1980

ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1980
CONTROL AND RESTRICTION OF THE PROPAGATION OF NON-ISLAMIC RELIGIONS ENACTMENT 1980

Section 8. Offence of distributing in a public place publication concerning non Islamic religion to Muslims.

(1) A person commits an offence if he, in the course of distributing in a public place any publication concerning a non-Islamic religion, delivers a copy or copies of the publication to a person who is a muslim.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand ringgit or to both.

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(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1)-

(a) that the accused had exercised reasonable care to endure that the publication did not fall into the hands of a person who is a Muslim; or

(b) that the person to whom the accused had delivered the publication had requested for a copy or copies of the publication without any prompting on the part of the accused.