Section 20
Place of marriage
of Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984
No marriage shall be solemnized except in the kariah masjid in which the woman resides, but the Registrar or Syariah
Judge giving permission to marry under section 17 or 18 may give permission for the marriage to be solemnized elsewhere, whether in the Federal Territory or in any State.
(2)
A permission under subsection (1) may be expressed in the permission to marry given under section 17 or 18.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a marriage may be solemnized in a kariah masjid other than that where the woman resides if—
(a)
in a case where the woman resides in the Federal
Territory, a permission for the marriage to be solemnized in that kariah masjid has been given under section 17 or 18
and the permission for the solemnization of the marriage in other kariah masjid has been given under subsection (1); or
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(b)
in a case where the woman resides in a State, a permission to marry and a permission for the marriage to be solemnized in other kariah masjid have been given by the proper authority of that State.