Syarie Judge Mohd Saifullah Hamzah handed down the sentence on Mohd Razis Ismail, 34, and ordered him to serve another five months in jail if he failed to pay the fine. He paid the fine.

Mohd Razis was charged with three counts of attempting to commit polygamy without the court’s permission with three women, aged 24, 35, and 30 years.

He was also charged with two counts of marrying the same 24-year-old woman and another woman, aged 40, without the permission of the court registrar.

The court sentenced him to a fine of RM800 and a month’s jail on each count.

Mohd Saifullah ordered Mohd Razis to serve the sentence after he completed the 12 months’ jail and six strokes of the rotan imposed by the Syariah High Court on March 7 for committing illicit sex with a woman which resulted in the birth of a child.

The three offences of attempting polygamy were committed in Kedah; Golok, Thailand; and at a flat in Jalan Loke Yew here; between April 4, 2010 and Aug 26, 2012, under Section 133 of the Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984.

Two offences of marrying two women aged 24 and 40 years without permission under Section 40 (2) of the same Act were committed on April 4, 2010 and May 26, 2012.

-BERNAMA