Palace of Justice.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has allowed the Negri Sembilan state government leave to appeal against a ruling that deemed criminalising cross-dressing as unconstitutional.
The panel lead by Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif allowed one question of law: on whether Section 66 of the Syariah Criminal (Negri Sembilan) Enactment 1992 contravened Articles 5(1), 8(1), 8(2), 9(2), 10(1)(a) of the Federal constitution.
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