Syariah Penal Code · s 236

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?Wrong or mistyped wordsWrong structure or numberingWrong title or detailsText that appears twice

What should change, and whyUp to 2,000 characters.The text as it should read (optional)Edit the text above. Up to 20,000 characters.Where you checked it (optional)A link to the official version, if you have one.

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 236Non-payment of zakat or fitrah

(1)

Any Muslim who having been lawfully assessed as liable to pay zakat or fitrah under the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act

(Chapter 77) and having failed to procure by appeal or otherwise, the cancellation or modification of such assessment, wilfully fails to pay the zakat or fitrah is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

Syariah Penal Code

(2)

A conviction under this section shall not extinguish the obligation to pay the zakat or fitrah imposed on him.

(3)

Any zakat or fitrah due may be recovered as if the zakat or fitrah in question had been ordered to be delivered to the Majlis by a lawful order of a Court or as if the value thereof were recoverable as a fine imposed under this Code.