Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of PRISON (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

Section 2

The Prison Act 1995 [Act 537], which is referred to as the

“principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 2(1)—

(a)

by inserting after the definition of “registered medical practitioner” the following definition:

‘ “State Prison Director” means a prison officer at a particular State not below the rank of Assistant

Commissioner of Prison;’;

(b)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of the definition of “place of work” a semi colon; and

(c)

by inserting after the definition of “place of work” the following definition:

‘ “Deputy Commissioner General of Prison” means the Deputy Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(2).’.

Amendment of section 10