Malaysia legislation

Section 52

of ABOLITION OF MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY ACT 2023

Section 52

The Kidnapping Act 1961, which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Part, is amended in subsection 3(1) by substituting for the words “with death or imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to whipping”

the words “with imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty years but not exceeding forty years and with whipping”.

Section 52 — AKTA PEMANSUHAN HUKUMAN MATI MANDATORI 2023