Malaysia legislation

Section 26

of DRUG DEPENDANTS (TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024

Section 26

Section 28 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

in paragraph (c)—

(A)

by inserting after the words “Rehabilitation

Centres,” the words “Service Centres”; and

(B)

by inserting after the words “such

Rehabilitation Centres” the words

“, Service Centres”;

(ii)

in paragraph (d), by inserting after the words

“such Rehabilitation Centres” the words

“, Service Centres”; and

(iii)

by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:

“(ga) to provide for the composition, duties, functions and procedures of the Rehabilitation Officer Profession

Council;”; and

(b)

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both” the words “a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both”.

New sections 28a and 28b