Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
(1A)
In addition, it shall be lawful for the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to appoint lock-ups at such police stations and court houses as may be specified in the notification to be places for the confinement of persons remanded under the
Prevention of
Crime
Act 1959 [Act 297] and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 [Act 769].
Prison 15
(2)
A lock-up appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1)—
(a)
shall not be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this
Act, or of the Registration of Criminals and Undesirable
Persons Act 1969 [Act 7] and regulations made under this
Act shall not apply thereto;
(b)
shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of
Chapter XXVII of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593]
or of the Debtors Act 1957 [Act 256].
Temporary prisons