Section 37
Preventing married couple from cohabiting
of Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997
ActIn forceProvision 37 of 58
Section 37
Any person who prevents a married couple from cohabitingas a legally married couple shall be guilty of an offence and shallon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousandringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year orto both, and the
Court shall order the couple to cohabit as a legallymarried couple.