Malaysia legislation
Section 112
Section 112
A Muslim marriage solemnized outside the State, other than a marriage solemnized in a Malaysian Embassy, High
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Commission, or Consulate under section 22, shall be recognized as valid for all purposes of this Ordinance if—
(a)
it was solemnized in a form required or permitted by the law of the place where it was solemnized;
(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, both parties had capacity to marry according to this Ordinance.
Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc., in the
State