Singapore legislation
Clause 132
Clause 132
Desertion of wife
(1)
Whoever, having ceased to cohabit with his wife in the manner required by the Muslim law and having been ordered by the Shariah Court or a Kathi to resume cohabitation with her, wilfully fails or neglects to comply with such order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Whoever ill-treats his wife shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.