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Apex court strikes down 16 Kelantan syariah criminal provisions

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A Kelantan family succeeded in their Federal Court bid to nullify the validity of the state's 16 syariah criminal provisions.

A nine-person bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat in an 8-1 split majority decision, allowed the petition by Kelantan-born lawyer Nik Elin Abdul Rashid and her daughter Tengku Yasmin Natasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

The family was challenging the constitutionality of 18 provisions in Kelantan’s Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019.

However, the apex court only allowed 16 out of the 18 to be invalidated.

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https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/695774
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