Time to review marriage and divorce law, says Malanjum
Published on: Friday, November 21, 2014
SIBU: The time has come for the country's Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 to be reviewed as it was passed a long time ago, said the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum. "Since 1976, many things have now changed so we need the law to be upgraded accordingly," he told reporters after officiating at the launching of a book "Malaysian Law on Division of Matrimonial Assets" written by a local lawyer, Wee Wui Kiat, here, Thursday. He said this Act was applicable to non-Muslims while Sabah and Sarawak natives were exempted from it.
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Earlier in his speech, Malanjum advised judges and lawyers to be firm and very careful when dealing with cases on family law so that justice would be really served."I say this because any decision later will have impact on the lives of those concerned," he added.He said the subject was not easy to be dealt with and could be emotionally draining for the judges and lawyers. On the book, he commended Wee for coming up with the approximately 500-page book which he said would fill the void on the subject in the country.
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"This is a landmark book. I hope those lawyers in peninsular Malaysia would read it as well," he said.Malanjum also hoped more lawyers would come forward to write law books for the sake of the new generation.
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