Section 216
Refusing to sign statement
of Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997
ActIn forceProvision 216 of 231
Section 216
Whoever refuses to sign any statement made by him when required to sign that statement by a religious officer legally competent to require that he shall sign that statement shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
Intentional insult or interruption to a religious officer sitting in any stage of a judicial proceedings