IPOH, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- The Perak government plans to amend Section 23 of the Islamic Family Enactment (Perak) 2004 to make polygamy easier for Muslim men.
The state executive councillor in charge Asmuni Awi said under the existing enactment, the syariah courts’ hands were tied so long as the first wife does not come to court to state her case.
“Some wives agree to allow their husbands to be polygamous but do not like to appear in court. So the amendments will give the court the discretion whether to call the wife to come or not in arriving at a decision (on allowing a Muslim man to marry more than one woman,” he said.
He told this to reporters after launching the Perak Islamic Religious Council’s matchmaking website and Module on Understanding Polygamy in Perak, here today.
The website cintasakinahjaipk.perak.my can be accessed from today.
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