Malaysia legislation

Section 77

of Majlis Ugama Islam Negeri Sabah Enactment 2004

Section 77

Any person who, in an application for registration under section 73, or in response to any request for information or evidence made by the Registrar under that section, wilfully furnishes to the Registrar any false or misleading information or evidence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

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relying solely on the words of the applicant as far as the fact and date of conversion are concerned.

(5)

If the Registrar is not satisfied that the requirements of section 69 have been fulfilled in respect of the applicant, he may permit the applicant to utter, in his presence or in the presence of any of his officers, the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith in accordance with the requirements of that section.

Certificate of Conversion to the religion of Islam