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Section 9

of Native Courts Native Customary Laws Rules 1995

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 9 of 58

Section 9

(1)

Any person who has sexual intercourse with another who is a relation through a prohibited degree of consanguinity commits a breach of native customary law of sumbang and shall be liable -

(i)

to pay to such aggrieved party as the Court may determine sogit not exceeding 2 heads of livestock or other things of equivalent value in accordance with adat fine; and

(ii)

Subparagraph

(a)

to a fine not exceeding 3000 ringgit; or

(b)

to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months; or

(c)

to both fine and imprisonment.

(2)

In default of paragraph (i) or (ii) (a) of subrule (1), the Court may impose an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months.

(3)

In this rule, a person is deemed to be a relation through a prohibited degree of consanguinity if that person falls within such propinquity as described and listed in Schedule

I.

Illicit intercourse between unmarried persons.