Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Amendment of section 11
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) The court may, in an application in which a protection order is sought, instead of or in addition to issuing a protection order, make an order to refer the parties concerned to a conciliatory body.”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:
“(1a) The conciliatory body referred to in subsection (1) shall submit a report together with its recommendation to the court within one month from the date of referral.
(1b)
The court may, after considering the report and recommendation submitted to it under subsection (1a), order that one or more parties be referred to rehabilitative therapy, psychotherapy or such other reconciliatory counselling as it deems appropriate.”;
(c)
in subsection (2), by substituting for the words
“paragraph (1)(a) or (b)” the words “subsection (1) or
(1b)
”; and
(d)
in subsection (3), by inserting after the words
“subsection (1)” the words “or (1b)”.
Amendment of Part IV