Malaysia legislation

Section 4

Section 4

Section 51 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1) Where one party to a marriage has converted to Islam—

(a)

either party may petition for a divorce under this section or section 53; or

Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) (Amendment)

(b)

both parties may petition for a divorce under section 52.”;

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by inserting after the words “dissolving the marriage” the words “or at any time,”; and

(ii)

by inserting after the words “if any,” the words

“under Part VII and Part VIII”; and

(c)

in subsection (3), by substituting for the words “under this section” the words “where one party has converted to Islam”.

New section 51a