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Section 215

Refusing to answer a religious officer authorized to question

of Syariah Criminal Procedure Enactment 2004

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 216 of 232
Section 215

Whoever, being legally bound to state the truth on any subject to any religious officer, refuses to answer any question demanded of him touching that subject by such officer, in the exercise of the legal powers of such officer, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.