Section 9
of Native Courts Native Customary Laws Rules 1995
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)
(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.