Muslim Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, 1965
MALAYSIA
Act of Parliament
No. 23 OF 1965
MUSLIM COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION) ACT, 1965
An act to confer jurisdiction upon Courts constituted under any State law for the purpose of dealing with offences under Muslim law.
[1st April, 1965.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Ra‘ayat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Short title and application. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Muslim Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, 1965.
(2) This Act shall apply only to the States of Malaya.
Criminal Jurisdiction of Muslim Courts. 2. The Muslim Courts duly constituted under any law in a State and invested with jurisdiction over persons professing the Muslim religion and in respect of any of the matters enumerated in List II of the State List of the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution are hereby conferred jurisdiction in respect of offences against precepts of the Muslim religion by persons professing that religion which may be prescribed under any written law:
Provided that such jurisdiction shall not be exercised in respect of any offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months or with any fine exceeding one thousand dollars or with both.
Validation. 3. All offences under Muslim law which before the commencement of this Act had been tried by any of the Courts aforesaid shall be deemed to have been validly tried as if jurisdiction in respect thereof had been conferred on those Courts by Federal law.
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