Terengganu passes amendment to syariah criminal offences law
The Terengganu state assembly has passed an amendment to a syariah criminal offences enactment that deals with matters such as witchcraft and sorcery, women acting like men, and out-of-wedlock births. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 1, 2022.
State Syariah Implementation, Education and Higher Education Committee chairman Satiful Bahari Mamat said the amendment to the enactment also involved Section 33A ; Section 36A ; and Section 29A . “With this amendment, we hope that the well-being of Muslims, especially in Terengganu, will be better protected,” he told reporters after the state assembly session at Wisma Darul Iman, here today.
As for adding the section on women acting like men, he said this was because the existing legal provisions only involved men acting like women.
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