Malaysia legislation

Section 48

of ABOLITION OF MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY ACT 2023

Section 48

Amendment of section 14

(a)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1)  Any person who manufactures an arm or ammunition without a valid licence granted under section 12 or in contravention of any condition imposed under paragraph 12(2)(a) shall, on conviction—

(a)

be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty years but not exceeding forty years and with whipping of not less than six strokes;

and

(b)

in the case of a company, firm, society or body of persons, be punished with a fine not exceeding five million ringgit.”; and

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “twenty-five thousand ringgit” the words “two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “one hundred thousand ringgit” the words “one million ringgit”.

Amendment of section 32