Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 6

Amendment of section 173A

Section 173A of the Code is amended by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:

"(8)This section shall not apply—

(a)

if the offender is charged with a serious offence; or

(b)

if the offender is charged with the commission of an act of domestic violence as defined under section 2 of the Domestic Violence Act 1994 [Act 521]."

New sections 265A, 265B and 265C