72. Marriages governed by foreign law or celebrated abroad under Malaysian law

Where, apart from this Act, any matter affecting the validity of a marriage would fall to be determined (in accordance with the rules of

Private International Law) by reference to the law of a country outside

Malaysia neither section 69 nor section 70 shall—

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preclude the determination of that matter as aforesaid; or

require the application to the marriage of the grounds there mentioned except so far as applicable in accordance with those rules.