Malaysia legislation

Section 14

of PRINTING OF QUR’ANIC TEXTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2023

Section 14

Amendment of section 14

(a)

in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word “Printing”

the words “, distribution and possession”;

(b)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1)  No person shall print, publish, import, sell, offer for sale, distribute, or has in his possession, custody or control for the purpose of sale or distribution, any

Qur’anic text or Qur’anic material which contains any error or is not in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the

Qur’anic Verses contained in the Qur’anic text or

Qur’anic material.”; and

(c)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “twenty thousand ringgit” the words “fifty thousand ringgit”; and

(ii)

in the English language text, by inserting after the word “imprisonment” the words “for a term”.

New section 14a