Malaysia legislation

Section 7

of *LAW REFORM (MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE) ACT 1976

Section 7

(2)

Where an offence under section 494 of the Penal Code is committed by virtue of subsection (1) by any person in any place outside Malaysia he may be dealt with in respect of that offence as if it had been committed at any place within Malaysia at which he may be found or to which he may have been brought in consequence of any proceeding for his extradition to Malaysia from any place outside

Malaysia:

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Provided that any proceeding against any person under this subsection which would be a bar to subsequent proceedings against him for the same offence if the offence had been committed in

Malaysia shall be a bar to further proceedings against him under the

*Extradition Ordinance 1958 [Ord. 2 of 1958] or the *Commonwealth

Fugitive Criminals Act 1967 [Act 54 of 1967] in respect of the same offence outside Malaysia.

Continuance of marriage

Section 7 — AKTA MEMBAHARUI UNDANG-UNDANG (PERKAHWINAN DAN PERCERAIAN) 1976