Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs (Special
Preventive Measures) (Amendment) Act 2016.
Amendment of section 1
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Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Amendment) Act 2016
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Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Amendment) Act 2016 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1510 2016, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2016.
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DANGEROUS DRUGS (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE
MEASURES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016
Date of Royal Assent
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2 June 2016
Date of publication in the
Gazette
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14 July 2016
Publisher’s Copyright C
(Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia).
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DANGEROUS DRUGS (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE
MEASURES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016
Opening note
Preamble
- An Act to amend the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985. [ ] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title
Section 2
The Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985
[Act 316], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 1 by deleting subsections (3), (4) and (5).
Section 3
Amendment of section 4
Subsection 4(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “under this Act may” the words “direct any police officer not below the rank of Sergeant to”.
Section 4
Amendment of section 5
Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:
“(3a) The Public Prosecutor may appear at an inquiry under paragraph (3)(c).
(3b)
The Minister may prescribe the allowances to be paid to any person or witnesses summoned or required to be present under subsection (3).”.
Section 5
New section 5a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 5 the following section:
“Offence for failure to attend to give evidence, etc.
Quoted provision
Section 5a
For the purpose of subsection 5(3), any person or witness summoned or required to attend who without reasonable excuse fails to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons or who, having attended, refuses to answer any question that may lawfully be put to him, or refuses to produce any document or thing which it is in his power to produce, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both.”.
Amendment of section 6
Section 6
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (3), by inserting after paragraph (h) the following paragraphs:
“(ha) that he shall use only equipment and facilities of communication which are declared to and approved by the Chief Police Officer of the
State or Federal Territory of the area in which he is required to reside as may be provided in the restriction order;
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(hb)
that except so far as may be otherwise provided by the restriction order, he shall not access the internet;
(hc)
that he shall be attached with an electronic monitoring device;”; and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) A restricted person shall be conveyed by the police to, and shall be in police custody up to, the area specified in the restriction order.”.
Section 7
Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 shall continue in force
(2)
Notwithstanding the effective period specified in the resolution referred to in subsection (1), upon the expiry of the said resolution, the principal Act shall continue to remain in full force and effect as amended in this Act.
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