Malaysia legislation

Section 19

of *SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN ACT 2017

Section 19

Notwithstanding section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code

[Act 593], any person who fails to give information of the commission

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of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child, to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.