Administration of Muslim Law Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Jurisdiction

35.—(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction throughout Singapore.

[20/99]

(2) The Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions and proceedings in which all the parties are Muslims or where the parties were married under the provisions of the Muslim law and which involve disputes relating to —

(a)	marriage;
(b)	divorces known in the Muslim law as fasakh, cerai taklik, khuluk and talak;
(c)	betrothal, nullity of marriage or judicial separation;
(d)	the disposition or division of property on divorce or nullification of marriage; or
(e)	the payment of emas kahwin, marriage expenses (hantaran belanja), maintenance and consolatory gifts or mutaah. [20/99; 29/2008]

(3) In all questions regarding betrothal, marriage, dissolution of marriage, including talak, cerai taklik, khuluk and fasakh, nullity of marriage or judicial separation, the appointment of hakam, the disposition or division of property on divorce or nullification of marriage, the payment of emas kahwin, marriage expenses (hantaran belanja) and consolatory gifts or mutaah and the payment of maintenance on divorce, the rule of decision where the parties are Muslims or were married under the provisions of the Muslim law shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be the Muslim law, as varied where applicable by Malay custom.

[20/99; 29/2008]

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