Giving in public places publications relating to religion other than religion of Islam to Muslims or persons having no religion.
215. Any person who gives any publication relating to religion other than the religion of Islam to a Muslim or person having no religion in public places is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.
Worship.
216. (1) Any Muslim who worships any person, place, nature or any object, thing or animal in any manner which is contrary to Hukum Syara' is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
Explanation—An act or statement that shows faith to any person, object, thing or animal that such person, object, thing or animal possesses power for example the ability to bring good luck, increases wealth, grants wishes, heals diseases and others, amount to the act of worship.
(2) The Court may order for any thing, object or structure used in the commission of or related to offence referred to in subsection (1) to be forfeited and destroyed notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted for the offence.
(3) The Court may order any person who has been convicted for an offence under subsection (1) to attend counselling given by any appropriate person, institution or organisation as the Court thinks fit.
Offences in relation to use of certain words in respect of religion of Islam.
217. (1) Any person who, in any—
- (a) publication;
- (b) speech or public statement;
- (c) speech or statement addressed to any assembly; or
- (d) published or broadcasted speech or statement and at the time of the speech or statement was made he knows, or reasonably should have known, that it will be published or broadcasted,
uses any word listed in Part I of the Fifth Schedule, or any derivatives or its variation, to state or express any fact, belief, idea, concept, act, activity, matter or instances of or relating to a religion other than the religion of Islam is guilty of an
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