Section 39
Examination of person acquainted with case
An authorized officer conducting an investigation under this
Act may examine orally a person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case.
(2)
The person shall during such examination, disclose all information which is within his knowledge, or which is available to him, in respect of the matter in relation to which he is being examined, and answer any question put to him truthfully and to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall not refuse to answer any question on the ground that it tends to incriminate him.
(3)
A statement made by a person under this section shall, whenever possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the person making it or affixed with his thumb print, as the case may be, after it has been
*NOTE—The Postal Services Act 1991 [Act 465] has since been repealed by the Postal Services Act 2012
[Act 741] which come into operation on 1 April 2013-see subsection 110(1) of Act 741.
44 Laws of Malaysia read to him in the language in which he made it and after he has been given an opportunity to make any corrections he may wish.