Malaysia legislation

Section 3

of OFFENDERS COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

Section 3

Section 8 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:

“(1a)  Upon receiving a report under subsection (1), the Court shall cause the offender to be brought before it and the Court may issue—

(a)

a summon requiring the offender to appear at the place and time as specified in the summons; or

(b)

a warrant for his arrest.

(1b)

An offender when arrested under paragraph (1a)(b)

may, if not brought immediately before the Court under subsection (2)—

(a)

be detained in a place of detention until such time as he can be brought before the Court;

or

(b)

be released on bail, with or without sureties.”;

and

(b)

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words

“On receipt of such report the Court shall cause the offender to be brought before it, and if satisfied as to the truth of such allegations, may pass” the words

“If the Court is satisfied that such allegation is true, the Court may pass”.

Section 3 — AKTA KEHADIRAN WAJIB PESALAH-PESALAH (PINDAAN) 2025