Section 28
of Native Courts Native Customary Laws Rules 1995
State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 28 of 58
Section 28
Any person who removes, alters, defaces or cuts any tombstone or any part thereof including any epitaph or inscription 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
(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 300 ringgit; or
(b)
to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month; or
(c)
to both fine and imprisonment.
Burial of corpse in burial ground reserved for another village.