Section 13
Control of sale, distribution and publication of Qur’anic texts
of Printing of Qur'Anic Texts Act 1986
As from a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, which date shall not be earlier than six months from the date of publication of the notification, no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or publish, or have in his possession, custody or control for the purpose of sale or distribution, any Qur’anic text, unless it bears conspicuously on the first or last printed leaf thereof or, in the case of a recorded text, at a conspicuous part of the text, the information specified in subsection 8(1) or the
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certificate specified in subsection 12(3) and the information or certificate is genuine in respect of it.
(2)
Any person who contravenes of subsection (1) 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.
Printing, distribution and possession of Qur’anic texts or