Malaysia legislation

Section 16

of *PRINTING OF QUR'ANIC TEXTS ACT 1986

Section 16

For the purposes of any prosecution or proceedings under this

Act or any action or proceedings arising from or in relation to the implementation of this Act—

(a)

a certificate from any Mufti that any text or document is or contains a Qur’anic text or a Qur’anic Verse, or that any

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combination of words is a Qur’anic Verse, or that there is any error in any Qur’anic text or Qur’anic Verse shall be accepted by the court as conclusive proof of the matters certified therein;

(b)

an alleged Qur’anic text or Qur’anic Verse is a Qur’anic text or Qur’anic Verse, notwithstanding that it differs in any respect from the true Qur’anic text or from any true

Qur’anic Verse, if there is produced a certificate from any

Mufti, which certificate shall be accepted by the court as conclusive proof of the matters certified therein, certifying that the alleged Qur’anic text would be the true Qur’anic text, or the alleged Qur’anic Verse would be a particular true Qur’anic Verse, specifying the Verse, if certain corrections are made or certain omissions supplied, specifying the corrections or omissions.

Power to seize, detain and search for unlawful Qur’anic texts or

Qur’anic material

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