Malaysia legislation

Section 7

of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012

Section 7

Subsection 6(1) of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(b) prohibiting or restraining the person against whom the order is made from—

(i)

entering any protected person’s safe place, shelter, place of residence or shared residence or alternative residence, as the case may be;

(ii)

entering any protected person’s place of employment or school;

(iii)

entering any other institution where any protected person is placed;

(iv)

going near any protected person at a distance of at least fifty metres or at a distance the court thinks reasonable;

or

(v)

making personal contact with any protected person other than in the presence of an enforcement officer or such other person as may be specified or described in the order;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (d), by substituting for the words “written or telephone communication” the words “communication by any means”.

Amendment of section 7

Section 7 — AKTA KEGANASAN RUMAH TANGGA (PINDAAN) 2012