Malaysia legislation

Section 110

of Islamic Family Law Enactment 2004

Section 110

A Muslim marriage of persons who are not Malaysian citizens solemnized in any foreign

Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate in the State of Sabah shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Enactment if –

(a)

it was solemnized in a form required or permitted by the law of the country whose

Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate it is, or in a form permitted under this

Enactment;

(b)

each of the parties had, at the time of the marriage, capacity to marry under the law of the place of his or her residence; and

(c)

where either of the parties is a resident of the State of Sabah, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Enactment.

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