Malaysia legislation

Section 29

Section 29

Section 31 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), by inserting after the words “the child” the words “or acts negligently”;

(ii)

by substituting for the word “twenty” the word

“fifty”; and

(iii)

by substituting for the word “ten” the word

“twenty”;

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(b)

by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2) The Court shall, in addition to any punishment specified in subsection (1), order the person convicted of an offence under that subsection—

(a)

to execute a bond with sureties to be of good behavior for such period and on such conditions as the Court thinks fit; and

(b)

to perform community service.”; and

(c)

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

“(3a) The community service referred to in paragraph (2)(b)—

(a)

shall not be less than thirty-six hours and not more than two hundred forty hours in aggregate;

(b)

shall be performed within the period not exceeding six months from the date of the order; and

(c)

shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Court.

(3b)

Any person who fails to comply with the order of the

Court to perform community service under paragraph (2)(b)

commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.”.

Amendment of section 32