Malaysia legislation

Section 36

of LEGAL AID AND PUBLIC DEFENCE ACT 2026

Section 36

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Director General may, in the interests of justice, provide legal companion services to a person who has attained the age of eighteen years if such person was a victim of any crime in any proceedings specified in the

Third Schedule and was still a child at the time such proceedings were commenced in court.

Purpose of legal companion services