PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has rightfully declared that Section 498 of the Penal Code is unconstitutional, reaffirming the principle that women are equal citizens and no law should treat them as property, says Sisters in Islam.
Its executive director Rozana Isa said the equality of married women is now recognised and upheld following the court’s declaration of the Penal Code provision, which makes it a crime for men to entice married women, as unconstitutional.
