<figure id="attachment_2708706" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2708706" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2708706" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/be788b28-dun-kelantan-bernama-140324-1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2708706" class="wp-caption-text">The bill will be tabled during the third session of the 2025 Kelantan state legislative assembly, which begins tomorrow. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
KOTA BHARU: Kelantan will table a new Islamic Family Law Enactment Bill next Tuesday, at the third session of the 2025 state legislative assembly, which begins tomorrow, to replace the existing legislation.
Speaker Amar Abdullah said the enactment, last amended in 2002, needs to be updated to reflect current developments.
<figure id="attachment_2571912" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2571912" style="width: 200px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2571912" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cbd5a618-amar-nik-abdullah-ms-011023-1.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2571912" class="wp-caption-text">Amar Abdullah.</figcaption></figure>
He said the new enactment will mainly increase penalty limits to reflect current monetary values and introduce several new offences related to Islamic family matters, particularly involving marriage.
&#8220;This bill represents a complete renewal of the Islamic Family Law Enactment 2002 and will be tabled by the state Islamic development, dakwah, information, and community relations committee chairman Asri Mat Daud, during this assembly session, followed by debates,&#8221; he told a press conference at the Kota Darulnaim Complex here today.
Amar said the third session of the assembly will meet for five days, starting with Kelantan menteri besar Nassuruddin Daud tabling the state budget on the first day of the session tomorrow.

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Kelantan to table new Islamic Family Law Enactment Bill

State speaker Amar Abdullah says the bill will replace existing legislation and introduce several new offences related to Islamic family matters.

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