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Section 109

Federal Territory

of Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984

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Section 109
(1)

A Muslim marriage of persons who are not Malaysian citizens contracted in any foreign Embassy, High Commission, or

Consulate in the Federal Territory shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Act if—

(a)

it was contracted 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 Act;

(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 Federal

Territory, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Act.

(2)

(Deleted by Act A902).

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