Malaysia legislation
Section 78
Section 78
(2)
If a warrant is made under subsection (1)—
(a)
the unexpired residue of that child’s prison order shall be deemed to be cancelled; and
(b)
such warrant shall be an authority for the detention of that child in the approved school or the Henry Gurney
School, as the case may be, under this Act until the date when his prison order, less any remission for good conduct earned while serving his term of imprisonment, would, but for this section, have expired.
Act 611
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Child 93
(3)
The Minister may, at any time for reasons which appear to him to be sufficient, by order in writing direct the removal of any child from—
(a)
an approved school to any other approved school or to a Henry Gurney School; or
(b)
a Henry Gurney School to any other Henry Gurney School or to an approved school, as may be specified in the order.
Power to substitute term of detention to term of imprisonment