Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Subsection 283(1) of the Code is amended by substituting for paragraph (c) the following paragraph:
"（c）the period for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned in default of payment of fine shall not exceed the following scale:
(i)
if the offence is punishable with imprisonment:
Where the maximum term of imprisonment一The period shall not exceed一does not exceed six monthsthe maximum term of imprisonmentexceeds six months but does not exceed one yearsix monthsexceeds one year but does not exceed two yearsone yearexceeds two yearshalf of the maximum term of imprisonment;
(ii)
if the offence is not punishable with imprisonment:
Where the fine一The period shall not exceed一does not exceed five hundred ringgitone month exceeding five hundred ringgit but does not exceed one thousand ringgitsix monthsexceeding one thousand ringgit but does not exceed five thousand ringgitone yearexceeds five thousand ringgitthree years;”
Amendment of section 396