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Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse at the same time. Specifically, polygyny is the practice of one man taking more than one wife while polyandry is the practice of one woman taking more than one husband. Polygamy is legal in Malaysia in the form of polygyny, that is, between one man and
The following is a list of polygamy court cases: Canada ... R v Cairns [1997] 1 Cr App R (S) — used polygamy to circumvent immigration controls [7] United States
She and Noor Huda Roslan are the only two female Syariah High Court judges in Malaysia. [2] [3] Nenney Shuhaidah has received international coverage for overseeing polygamy and khalwat cases. [4] [5] She has stated that sharia law, especially in polygamy cases, "exists to protect women's rights". [5]
As in Africa, polygamy continues to be practiced in parts of Asia, regardless of laws. Nepal; China: Polygamy is illegal under the Civil code passed in 2020, which replaced a similar 1950 and 1980 prohibition. [102] Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [103] when the country was a crown colony under the former ...
Malaysia: Illegal for non-Muslims under federal jurisdiction. Under section 494 of Chapter XX of the Penal Code, non-Muslim offenders found guilty of bigamy or polygamy can be punished up to seven years' imprisonment. Bigamy or polygamy is legal only for Muslim men with restrictions under state jurisdiction, rarely practised. [21]
In Malaysia and Morocco, ... Authors such as Alyssa Rower and Samantha Slark argue that there is a case for legalizing polygamy on the basis of regulation and ...
In her judicial career, Matthews has overseen a range of cases, including a headline-grabbing polygamy case; the case of a former Oakland University professor found guilty of running a drug house ...
On 19 September 2019, at her flat at Jalan Tasik Tambahan, Ampang in the Malaysian state of Selangor, 85-year-old Wong Chooi (黄翠 Huáng Cuì; 1934 – 19 September 2019) was found dead by her son, and post-mortem examinations revealed that Wong was raped and sodomized before she was murdered.