Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
“Chief Minister”, in relation to—
(2)
For the purposes of this Act, a person who is a citizen of
Malaysia shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be domiciled in Malaysia.
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(3)
This Act shall not apply to a Muslim or to any person who is married under Islamic law and no marriage of one of the parties which professes the religion of Islam shall be solemnized or registered under this Act; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a court from having exclusive jurisdiction over the dissolution of a marriage and all matters incidental thereto including granting a decree of divorce or other orders under Part VII and Part VIII on a petition for divorce under section 53 where one party converts to Islam after the filing of the petition or after the pronouncement of a decree, or a petition for divorce under either section 51, 52 or 53 on the petition of either party or both parties to a marriage where one party has converted to Islam, and such decree and orders made shall, notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary, be valid against the party to the marriage who has so converted to Islam.
(4)
This Act shall not apply to any native of Sabah or Sarawak or any aborigine of *Peninsular Malaysia whose marriage and divorce is governed by native customary law or aboriginal custom unless—
(a)
he elects to marry under this Act;
(b)
he contracted his marriage under the Christian Marriage
Ordinance [Sabah Cap. 24]; or
(c)
he contracted his marriage under the Church and Civil
Marriage Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 92].
Subsisting valid marriages deemed to be registered under this Act and dissoluble only under this Act