Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 5 the following section:
“Power of court to prevent person from leaving Malaysia 5a. (1) When a person is charged with an offence under section 4 and released on bail, the court shall, on the application of the Public Prosecutor—
(a)
order the person to surrender his travel documents within such period specified in the order until all proceedings in relation to the charge against the person have been concluded; or
(b)
in cases where the person has no travel documents and he is a citizen or permanent resident, order the
Director General of Immigration not to issue any travel document to the person until all proceedings in relation to the charge against the person have been concluded.
(2)
Any person who fails to comply with an order made under paragraph (1)(a), shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five
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thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and his bail shall be revoked by the court.
(3)
For the purpose of this section—
(a)
“Director General of Immigration” means the Director
General of Immigration appointed under section 3
of the Immigration Act 1959/63 [Act 155]; and
(b)
“travel document” means a passport or any form of valid document of identity issued by any government for the purpose of travel across international boundaries.”.
Substitution of section 6