Malaysia legislation

Section 54

of CHILD (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 54

“Child who escapes or is removed from probation hostel

(a)

in paragraph (a), by inserting after the word “offence”

the words “other than grave crimes”;

(b)

by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(b) the probation report submitted to the Court For

Children shows that the child is in need of institutional rehabilitation; and”; and

(c)

by substituting for the words “on the recommendation of the probation officer” the words “after considering the probation report”.

Amendment of section 70

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