Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed doubts about new legislation imposing tougher penalties on women who flout mandatory hijab regulations.

Axar.az reports that citing AFP, Parliament has approved the new “hijab and chastity” law, but it requires the president’s signature on December 13 to take effect.

“As the person responsible for promulgating this law, I have many reservations about it,” Pezeshkian told state television late Monday.

The text has not been officially published, but Iranian media reports say the legislation imposes fines equivalent to up to 20 months’ average salary for women who improperly wear a hijab or forgo it altogether in public or on social media.

Violators must pay within 10 days or face travel bans and restrictions on public services, such as obtaining driving licenses.

The morality police, who arrested Amini before the protests, have largely vanished from the streets since then, though the unit has not been officially abolished.

Pezeshkian, who became president in July after campaigning to remove the morality police, has yet to announce whether he will sign the law.