Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Amendment of section 4
(a)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) An interim protection order shall be made by way of an application to the court.”; and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“(3) The court in making an interim protection order under subsection (1) may include a provision prohibiting the person against whom the order is made from inciting any other person to commit domestic violence against the spouse or former spouse or a child or an incapacitated adult or any other member of the family, as the case may be, of the person against whom the order is made.
(4)
An interim protection order shall cease to have effect—
(a)
upon the completion of the investigations; or
(b)
when a criminal proceeding relating to the commission of an offence involving domestic violence is instituted against the person against whom the order is made.”.
Amendment of section 5