Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 · Updated to 15 Jul 2016 · Part II · Powers of Preventive Detention
17. Registration
Feedback & supportThe Registrar of Criminals appointed under section 3 of the
Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 [Act 7]
(hereinafter referred to as the “Registrar”) shall keep a register for the purposes of this Act, in which shall be entered the name of every restricted person and of every person in respect of whom a detention order is in force (whether suspended under section 7 or not), together with such particulars concerning any such person as may be prescribed; and upon the name and particulars of any such person being
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entered in the register he shall be (and is hereinafter referred to as) a
“registered person” for the purposes of this Act.
Any police officer not below the rank of Inspector may—
police officer
“police officer” means any member of the Royal Malaysia Police; *NOTE—See section 7 of the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Amendment) Act 2016 which come into operation on 15 July 2016. Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) 7
visit any place referred to in subsection 6(2) for the purpose of taking finger impressions and photographs of any person detained therein and of obtaining such other particulars concerning any such person as may be prescribed or as may be necessary for effecting the registration of that person under subsection (1);
by notice in writing direct the attendance before him, at a time and place specified in the notice, of any restricted person for the purpose of taking finger impressions and photographs of that person and of obtaining such other particulars concerning any such person as may be prescribed or as may be necessary for effecting the registration of that person under subsection (1).
Any person who, being required by a police officer not below the rank of Inspector to furnish the particulars referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), refuses to furnish any such particulars or furnishes any particulars which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
If any person fails to attend as directed under paragraph (2)(b), the police officer who issued the notice may cause him to be arrested without warrant by any police officer and brought before him for the purposes mentioned in that subsection.