Making it a crime for men to entice married women is unconstitutional, Federal Court told

PUTRAJAYA: A provision in the Penal Code that makes it a crime for men to entice married women is unconstitutional and should be abolished, the Federal Court has been told.

Lawyer Jayarubbiny Jayaraj, whose client is charged with enticing a married woman, argued that Section 498 of the Penal Code violated women's right to equality before the law as the section only accorded husbands the right to initiate criminal proceedings against a person who interfered in their marriage.