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Parliament has accepted an amendment to the Penal Code, to determine that penalties prescribed in the Islamic Sharia must be handed over to those who are convicted of Hudud crimes (Crimes against God).
The amendment proposed by Makunudhoo MP Anara Naeem was accepted with 44 votes in favor while there were no votes against the bill.
The amendment proposed to clause 1205 of the Penal Code states that if a person is convicted of a Hudud crime, the penalty prescribed in Islamic Sharia must be observed.
Hudud crimes in Islamic Sharia include adultery, fornication, homosexuality, apostasy, robbery and theft amongst others.
In Islamic law, Hudud crimes trigger a class of punishments that are fixed by God which ranges from public lashing, publicly stoning to death, amputation of hands or public execution.
Clause 1205 of the Penal Code currently states that when a person is convicted of a Hudud crime, the person will be penalized as stated in the Penal Code and Islamic Sharia (Quran) in compliance with Islamic principles.
Although the government has repeatedly voiced its determination to implement public executions on convicted murderers, capital punishments are yet to be practiced in the Maldives.
The Maldives also does not observe the Islamic penalty to amputate hands of robbers whilst the publicly stoning to death of adulterers is not implemented by the government.
The Penal Code will come into effect on 13th April. If the proposed amendment is approved by the People’s Majlis, the government will be required to observe the implementation of Hadd.
Via CNM
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