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Section 40

Selling or giving away child to non-Muslim

of Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 40 of 58
Section 40

Any person who sells, gives away or delivers his child or achild under his care to any person who is not a Muslim shall beguilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine notexceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term notexceeding two years or to both, and the Court may make suchorder as it deems appropriate in respect of the child.