Law Reform Marriage And Divorce Act 1976 Malaysia

Law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 act 164 table of contents.

Law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 malaysia. Short title and commencement 2. Percetakan nasional malaysia berhad for the purposes of section 61 of the interpretation acts 1948 and 1967 act 388. Incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by. The catholic lawyers society kuala lumpur cls is a non profit society registered under the societies act malaysia for catholic lawyers judges law lecturers and law students.

This act may be cited as the law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 and shall come into force on such date as the yang di pertuan agong may by notification in the gazette appoint and different dates may be appointed for peninsular malaysia sabah and sarawak. Law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 act 164 table of contents. The law reform marriage divorce amendment act 2017 comes into operation on 15 12 2018 bringing amendments to the law reform marriage divorce act 1976 which had over the decades caused many controversy in different aspects of the matrimonial law in malaysia. 57 contents of divorce petition cite.

Civil non islamic marriages in malaysia are governed by the law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 lrmd. Laws of malaysia law reform marriage and divorce act 1976. As a professional society it promotes social justice and peace through the rule of law in the spirit of the gospel of jesus christ. 1a where before the expiry of six months under paragraph 1 a either or both parties return to malaysia and the marriage was not registered such person shall a within six months of arrival in malaysia.

The commissioner of law revision malaysia. There are 3 requirements that must be fulfilled before a divorce can be filed. By christine toh and eric toh. Subsisting valid marriages deemed to be registered under this act and dissoluble only under this act part ii monogamous.

Under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968. Divorces are petitioned to a family court by one partner or both partners in a marriage. Law reform marriage and divorce 3 laws of malaysia act 164 law reform marriage and divorce act 1976 arrangement of sections part i preliminary section 1. Section 53 1 of the lrmd states that the only acceptable.

Whereas the divorce rate for non muslim females aged 16 and above stood at 7 per cent in the same year.