Malaysia legislation

Section 85

of *ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 1993

Section 85

(a)

the person must utter in reasonably intelligible Arabic the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith;

(b)

at the time of uttering the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith the person must be aware that they mean “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. is the Messenger of

Allah”; and

(c)

the utterance must be made of the person’s own free will.

(2)

A person who is incapable of speech may, for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement of paragraph (1)(a), utter the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith by means of signs that convey the meaning specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

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Section 85 — ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 1993