PARLIAMENT | Putrajaya appears set on passing the revised Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act (amendment) Bill (LRA), which excludes provisions banning conversion of children's religion unilaterally by a parent, by this week.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said tabled the revised Bill in the Dewan Rakyat today and said the second and third readings will be done in this current session.

The current Dewan Rakyat session ends this Thursday.

Azalina in a statement later said the bill was revised to prevent anyone from challenging its constitutionality under Article 4 Clause 1.

The government had withdrawn the LRA yesterday to remove Section 88A which would have prohibited the unilateral conversion of children...