Section 3
Object of Act
of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002
The object of this Act is for Malaysia to provide and obtain international assistance in criminal matters, including—
(a)
providing and obtaining of evidence and things;
(b)
the making of arrangements for persons to give evidence, or to assist in criminal investigations;
(c)
the recovery, forfeiture or confiscation of property or instrumentalities in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(d)
the restraining of dealings in property, or the freezing of property, that may be recovered in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(e)
the execution of requests for search and seizure;
(f)
the location and identification of witnesses and suspects;
(g)
the service of process;
(h)
the identification or tracing of proceeds of crime and property and instrumentalities derived from or used in the commission of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(i)
the recovery of pecuniary penalties in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence; and
(j)
the examination of things and premises.
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