Section 31
Takfir
of Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997
Subject to subsection (2), any person who alleges or imputesby words, either spoken or written, or by sign or visible representation,or by any act, activity or conduct, or by organising, promoting orarranging any activity or otherwise in any manner, that any personprofessing the religion of Islam or person belonging to any group,class or description of persons professing the religion of
Islam—
(a)
is or are kafir;
(b)
has or have ceased to profess the religion of Islam;
(c)
should not be accepted, or cannot be accepted, as professingthe religion of Islam; or
(d)
does not or do not believe in, follow, profess, or belongto, the religion of Islam,
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shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable toa fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment fora term not exceeding three years or to both.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to—
(a)
anything done by any
Court or religious authorityestablished, constituted or appointed by or under anywritten law and empowered to give or issue any rulingor decision on any matter relating to the religion of
Islam;and
(b)
anything done by any person pursuant to or in accordancewith any ruling or decision given or issued by such Courtor religious authority, whether or not such ruling or decisionis in writing or, if in writing, whether or not it is publishedin the Gazette.