The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim

The aim of this paper is to study the status of women after they are married and in particular their rights to maintenance in Malaysia. With the enforcement of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 on the 1st March 1982, various statutory provisions are laid down for their maintenance w...

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Main Author: Hashim, Fadzidah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law 1984
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27323/
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spelling uitm-273232020-01-16T03:29:11Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27323/ The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim Hashim, Fadzidah Muslim converts The practice of Islam. Islam and work The aim of this paper is to study the status of women after they are married and in particular their rights to maintenance in Malaysia. With the enforcement of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 on the 1st March 1982, various statutory provisions are laid down for their maintenance whereas previously one has mainly to resort to case law for guidance. This paper concerns solely with the non-muslim married women. Malaysia, in keeping with the trend going around the world, to review family law, has passed the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, which made great changes in the law pertaining to marriage and divorce. Under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, polygamous marriage are prohibited thereby making it illegal for a man to take a second wife while the first marriage is in existence. The second wife will not be a wife in the eyes of law but a mistress and as such do not enjoy the rights conferred by law on the first wife like maintenance, division of joint property and many others. However if the marriage is contracted before the enforcement of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, it will not affect the position of the second wife. Faculty of Law 1984 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27323/1/PPd_FADZIDAH%20HASHIM%20LW%2084_5.pdf Hashim, Fadzidah (1984) The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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The practice of Islam. Islam and work
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The practice of Islam. Islam and work
Hashim, Fadzidah
The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
description The aim of this paper is to study the status of women after they are married and in particular their rights to maintenance in Malaysia. With the enforcement of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 on the 1st March 1982, various statutory provisions are laid down for their maintenance whereas previously one has mainly to resort to case law for guidance. This paper concerns solely with the non-muslim married women. Malaysia, in keeping with the trend going around the world, to review family law, has passed the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, which made great changes in the law pertaining to marriage and divorce. Under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, polygamous marriage are prohibited thereby making it illegal for a man to take a second wife while the first marriage is in existence. The second wife will not be a wife in the eyes of law but a mistress and as such do not enjoy the rights conferred by law on the first wife like maintenance, division of joint property and many others. However if the marriage is contracted before the enforcement of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, it will not affect the position of the second wife.
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author Hashim, Fadzidah
author_facet Hashim, Fadzidah
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title The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
title_short The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
title_full The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
title_fullStr The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
title_full_unstemmed The status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / Fadzidah Hashim
title_sort status of non - muslim married women and their right to maintenance / fadzidah hashim
publisher Faculty of Law
publishDate 1984
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27323/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27323/1/PPd_FADZIDAH%20HASHIM%20LW%2084_5.pdf
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