Malaysia legislation

Section 5

of DANGEROUS DRUGS (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 5

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 5 the following section:

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