Compulsory Religious Education Act · 2012 Revised Edition
12. Penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person guilty of an offence under section 5(2) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Any person who —
refuses to attend any proceeding of the Board;
refuses to furnish any information or produce any document to the Board;
furnishes any information or produces any document which is false in a material particular and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or
obstructs or impedes the Permanent Secretary, the Board or any person acting under the direction of the Board,
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is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Compulsory Religious Education Board established by section 7;
Permanent Secretary
Defined · s 2“Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs;
religious education
Defined · s 2“religious education” means education in accordance with the teachings of the Islamic religion according to Ahlis Sunnah Waljamaah;