KUCHING: It is compulsory for district offices to check with the state National Registration Department (NRD) on marital status of non-Muslims registering for customary marriage.
This was to avoid complications that would arise if a particular person was still married under civil law, said Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah.
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