Solemnisation Ceremony

Interstate travel for solemnisation ceremony purposes will now be allowed under the conditional Movement Control Order.

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said wedding photographers and the filming industry will also be allowed to operate, with the latter given a starting date on June 10.

For interstate travel for solemnisation ceremony, all parties involved have to obtain a permit from the police and not more than 20 people are allowed to be involved.

According to the Sarawak Islamic Council, the number of attendees also depends on the capacity of the space.

The decision would have to be referred to the State Islamic Religious Department before it could be implemented.

The marriage official and two witnesses must also be from JAWI and the mosque where the ceremony is held.

A detailed procedure and new regulations have been strategically prepared to ensure that the ceremony is compliant with the Islamic law.

The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (JAWI) for the first time held a marriage solemnisation ceremony for a couple in a video conference today.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the marriage solemnisation ceremony of his daughter Nooryana Najwa with Daniyar Kessikbayev tonight which he conducted personally, meant a lot to him as a father.

Aliff Omar Ali Bakar, 32 and Nur Athira Syed Azmi, tied the knot in a low-key yet colourful solemnisation ceremony at the Shah Alam Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor.

After three years of dating, Farid Kamil dan Diana Danielle finally tied the knot in a simple solemnisation ceremony in front of family members and friends.