PUTRAJAYA: The Negri Sembilan state government has been allowed by the Federal Court to appeal against a ruling that criminalising cross-dressing is unconstitutional.
In granting the appeal, the panel led 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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