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Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Chapter IV · General Offences
Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Chapter IV · General Offences
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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
A conviction under this section shall not extinguish the obligation to pay the zakat or fitrah imposed on him.
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.
Majlis
“Majlis” means the Majlis Ugama Islam constituted under section 5 of the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act;
Court
“Court” means the Syariah Courts established under section 6(1) of the Syariah Courts Act;
Majlis
“Majlis” means the Majlis Ugama Islam constituted under section 5 of the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act;
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