Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
New section 15a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 15
the following section:
“Court may conduct proceedings through remote communication technology 15a. (1) Without limiting section 15, the Court may, in the interest of justice, conduct the proceedings of any cause or matter, civil or criminal, through a remote communication technology.
(2)
In the case of the High Court, the place in which the High Court is held to conduct the proceedings of any cause or matter, civil or criminal, through a remote communication technology shall be deemed to be conducted within the local jurisdiction of such High Court.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of section 5 of the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 [Act 676], sections 265a and 272b of the Criminal Procedure Code
[Act 593] and section 32a of the Evidence Act 1950
[Act 56].
(4)
In this section, “place” includes cyberspace, virtual place or virtual space.”.
Amendment of section 16