Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill · cl 16

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cl 16Amendment of section 47

In the principal Act, in section 47 —

(a)

replace subsection (3) with —“(3) If the husband so consents, the Court must cause the husband to pronounce the divorce or to delegate the pronouncement of the divorce to the wife concerned.

(3A)

If the husband pronounces the divorce (talak), or the wife pronounces the divorce after delegation of talak by the husband to her (talak tafwidh), the Court must cause the divorce to be registered if the Court is satisfied that the divorce is valid in accordance with the Muslim law.”; and

(b)

in subsection (6), after “husband”, insert “, or a woman who has pronounced a divorce after delegation of talak by her husband to her (talak tafwidh)”.