Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
The principal Act is amended by substituting for sections 19e and 19f the following sections:
“Power to order removal 19e. (1) The Board may by order direct the removal from any place of detention to another place of detention to be specified in such order of any person detained under section 19a to be there detained for the whole or any part of such period for which it has been ordered that such person shall be detained.
(2)
Any person who is in the course of removal under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
Power to order production of detained person 19f. (1) On proof to his satisfaction that the presence at any place of any person detained under section 19a, or lawfully in the custody of the police or confined in any prison whether under section 19a or under an order of any court or otherwise howsoever, and notwithstanding any order of any court or other authority whatsoever, is required in the interests of justice, or for the purpose of any public or other inquiry, or in the national interest, or in the interests of the person detained, in custody, or confined, the Commissioner
General of Prison where the person is detained in a place of detention or prison, or the Inspector General of Police where the person is in the lawful custody of the police, may order that such person be taken to that place.
(2)
Any person in the course of being taken to any place under subsection (1) and whilst at such place shall be kept in such custody as the Commissioner General of Prison or the Inspector General of Police, as the case may be, may direct and whilst in that custody shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
(3)
In this section, “Commissioner General of Prison” has the same meaning assigned to it by subsection 2(1) of the
Prison Act 1995 [Act 537].”.
Prevention of Crime (Amendment)
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New section 19g