Kelantan ruler Sultan Muhammad V has consented to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019 to come into force from today.

Menteri Besar Ahmad Yakob said under the enactment, syariah courts will have the power to hear the cases in which the punishments include a jail term of not more than three years and a fine or six strokes of the rotan.

“It is hoped that...