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Section 45

Contempt

of Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Act 2009

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Section 45
(1)

A person who commits an act of contempt against a

Commissioner commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.

(2)

For the purpose of this section, an “act of contempt”

means—

(a)

any act of disrespect or any insult or threat offered to a

Commissioner while sitting in a hearing; and

(b)

any act of disrespect or any insult or threat to a

Commissioner at any other time and place on account of him proceeding in his capacity as a Commissioner.

36 Laws Of Malaysia ACT 700