Section 25
of Native Courts Native Customary Laws Rules 1995
State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 25 of 58
Section 25
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, burns or causes to be burnt any grave commits a breach of native customary law and shall be liable -
(i)
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(a)
to pay to the aggrieved party sogit of 1 head of livestock or other things of equivalent value in accordance with adat fine; and
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(b)
to pay the cost of repair and expenses actually incurred by the family or next of kin of the deceased in restoring the grave; or
(ii)
in default thereof -
(a)
to a fine not exceeding 500 ringgit; or
(b)
to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months; or
(c)
to both fine and imprisonment.
Burning of grave inadvertently.