Section 11
Waste material from printing of Qur’anic texts or Qur’anic material
of Printing of Qur'Anic Texts Act 1986
Any person who prints any Qur’anic text or Qur’anic material shall take all necessary steps to ensure that any waste material on which there is printed or there appears any Qur’anic
Verse is immediately destroyed by burning in an enclosed place to which the public have no access and does not leave the printing premises by any means, except when being removed to a place to be destroyed as aforesaid.
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (1), no person shall remove from any printing, premises, or cause, directly or by his negligence, or permit to be so removed, any waste material on which there is printed or there appears any Qur’anic Verse.
(3)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provision of subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding **fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
*NOTE—Previously “two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding six months”–see paragraph 11(b) Printing of Qur’anic Texts (Amendment) Act 2023 [Act A1696].
**NOTE—Previously “five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding one year”–see section 12 Printing of Qur’anic Texts (Amendment) Act 2023 [Act A1696].
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