{"id":1754,"date":"2021-11-02T21:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:16:44","slug":"malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/es\/resource\/uncategorised\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia &#8211; Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">2nd noviembre 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Malaysia &#8211; Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">4 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Articles 14 and 23 of Malaysia\u2019s Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 allow a man to have more than wife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Malaysia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:<\/strong>\u00a0Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy &amp; Wife Obedience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sex discrimination in marital status laws renders women and girls subordinate in many aspects of family relations before, during and after marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Women in polygamous marriages may face severe financial loss, including inheritance rights, and potentially fatal health problems such as HIV\/AIDS due to their husband having multiple sexual partners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Law:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles 14 and 23 of Malaysia\u2019s Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 allow a man to have more than wife.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0<strong><em>(1) No woman shall, during the subsistence of her marriage to a man, be married to any other man.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>23.\u00a0<em>(1)\u00a0<strong>No man, during the subsistence of a marriage, shall, except with the prior permission in writing of the Court, contract another marriage with another woman<\/strong>\u00a0nor shall such marriage contracted without such permission be registered under this Act: Provided that the Court may if it is shown that such marriage is valid according to Hukum Syarak order it to be registered subject to section 123.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Article 8 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia:<em>\u00a0(1)\u00a0<strong>All persons are<\/strong>\u00a0equal before the law and\u00a0<strong>entitled to the equal protection of the law<\/strong>. (5)\u00a0<strong>This Article does not invalidate or prohibit\u2014 (a) any provision regulating personal law<\/strong>; (b) any provision or practice restricting office or employment connected with the affairs of any religion, or of an institution managed by a group professing any religion, to persons professing that religion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonlii.org\/my\/legis\/consol_act\/iflta1984362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to full law.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[223],"issue":[49],"region":[51],"class_list":["post-1754","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malaysia - Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malaysia - Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:16:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\\\/\",\"name\":\"Malaysia - Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T21:17:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T10:16:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/malaysia_islamic_family_law_federal_territories_act_1984\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/es\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Malaysia &#8211; 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