Section 344

If the offence charged is not bailable or if sufficient security is not given the Judge or Magistrate shall report the case to the

Yang di-Pertuan Agong in respect of the Federal Territory, the

Ruler or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may be, in respect of a State in which the trial is held and *the Ruler may, in his discretion, order the accused to be confined in a psychiatric hospital, and the Judge or Magistrate shall give effect to such order.

Pending the order of the Ruler the accused may be committed to a psychiatric hospital for safe custody.

*NOTE—Throughout this Chapter, references to “the Ruler” shall be construed as “the Yang di-Pertuan

Agong in respect of the Federal Territory, the Ruler or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may be, in respect of a State”—see subparagraph 2(ii) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment)

Act 1976 [Act A365].

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