Amendments to marriage law in the pipeline


Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak delivers a speech during the national Women's Day celebration in Putrajaya. -Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Amendments will be made to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 to resolve issues and problems when a spouse converts to Islam.

In announcing this, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the amendments will be tabled in the next Dewan Rakyat meeting in October.

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