Malaysia legislation
Section 8
Section 8
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 7
the following sections:
“Withholding delivery of imported Qur’anic text which is not certified 7a. (1) Any police officer not below the rank of Inspector or any public officer authorized in writing by the Islamic Religious
Council of any State or Federal Territory, may withhold the delivery of any imported Qur’anic text which is not certified in writing by the Lembaga under section 7.
(2)
Any Qur’anic text withheld under subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, be delivered to the Lembaga and be examined by the Lembaga.
(3)
Where the Lembaga certify that the Qur’anic text—
(a)
is correct and in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the Qur’anic
Verses contained therein, the Lembaga shall allow the importation subject to the certification under section 7 and give notice in writing to the person from whom the Qur’anic text was withheld requiring the person to claim or collect the Qur’anic text not later than six months from the date of the notice; or
(b)
contains any error or is not in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the Qur’anic Verses contained therein, the Lembaga shall prohibit the importation and give notice in writing to the person from whom the Qur’anic text was withheld requiring the person to return the
Qur’anic text to the sender outside Malaysia not later than three months from the date of the notice.
Printing of Qur’anic Texts (Amendment)
(4)
Where the person from whom the Qur’anic text was withheld fails to claim or collect the Qur’anic text within six months from the date of the notice under paragraph (3)(a) or fails to return the Qur’anic text to the sender outside Malaysia within three months from the date of the notice under paragraph (3)(b), as the case may be, the Qur’anic text shall be disposed of in any manner the Lembaga thinks fit.
Withholding delivery of imported Qur’anic material 7b. (1) Any police officer not below the rank of Inspector or any public officer authorized in writing by the Islamic
Religious Council of any State or Federal Territory, may withhold the delivery of any imported Qur’anic material if he has reasonable cause to believe that it contains any error or it is not in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the Qur’anic Verses contained in the Qur’anic material.
(2)
Any Qur’anic material withheld under subsection (1)
shall, as soon as practicable, be delivered to the Lembaga and be examined by the Lembaga.
(3)
Where the Lembaga certify that the Qur’anic material—
(a)
is correct and in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the Qur’anic
Verses contained therein, the Lembaga shall allow the importation and give notice in writing to the person from whom the Qur’anic material was withheld requiring the person to claim or collect the Qur’anic material not later than six months from the date of the notice; or
(b)
contains any error or is not in accordance with the writing method determined by the Lembaga in respect of the Qur’anic Verses contained therein, the Lembaga shall prohibit the importation and give notice in writing to the person from whom the
Qur’anic material was withheld requiring the person to return the Qur’anic material to the sender outside
Malaysia not later than three months of the date of the notice.
(4)
Where the person from whom the Qur’anic material was withheld fails to claim or collect the Qur’anic material within six months from the date of the notice under paragraph (3)(a)
or fails to return the Qur’anic material to the sender outside
Malaysia within three months of the notice under paragraph (3)(b), as the case may be, the Qur’anic material shall be disposed of in any manner as the Lembaga thinks fit.”.
Amendment of section 8