ARAHAN KHAS MENTERI

suatu perkara jenayah yang melibatkan kesalahan berat asing, iaitu suatu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 190 Latvian Criminal Law telah dimulakan di

Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Latvia telah membuat suatu permintaan bagi bantuan bersama berhubung dengan perkara jenayah itu di bawah Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara Jenayah 2002 [Akta 621];

tiada perintah di bawah seksyen 17 Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara

Jenayah 2002 telah dibuat berhubung dengan Republik Latvia; dan

Peguam Negara Malaysia telah mengesyorkan bahawa bantuan bersama diberikan kepada Republik Latvia berhubung dengan perkara jenayah itu di bawah Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara Jenayah 2002:

MAKA OLEH YANG DEMIKIAN, pada menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh seksyen 18

Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara Jenayah 2002, saya, Hajah Nancy binti Haji Shukri,

Menteri yang dipertanggungkan dengan tanggungjawab bagi hal ehwal undang-undang di Malaysia, dengan ini mengarahkan supaya Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara

Jenayah 2002 hendaklah terpakai bagi Republik Latvia berhubung dengan permintaan bagi bantuan bersama berhubung dengan perkara jenayah itu seolah-olah suatu perintah yang dibuat di bawah seksyen 17 Akta Bantuan Bersama dalam Perkara

Jenayah 2002 berkuat kuasa berkenaan dengan Republik Latvia tanpa apa-apa sekatan, had, kecualian, ubah suaian, penyesuaian, syarat atau batasan.

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Bertarikh 7 Ogos 2014

[JPN(R)152/185/29/36-2; PN(PU2)628/VII]

HAJAH NANCY BINTI HAJI SHUKRI

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri

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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 2002

SPECIAL DIRECTION OF THE MINISTER

a criminal matter involving a foreign serious offence, that is an offence under section 190 of the Latvian Criminal Law has commenced in the

Republic of Latvia, a foreign State;

the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Latvia has made a request for mutual assistance in relation to that criminal matter under the

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 [Act 621];

no order under section 17 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

Act 2002 has been made in relation to the Republic of Latvia; and

the Attorney General of Malaysia has recommended that mutual assistance be given to the Republic of Latvia in relation to that criminal matter under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002:

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mutual

Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002, I, Hajah Nancy binti Haji Shukri, the Minister charged with the responsibility for legal affairs in Malaysia, direct that the Mutual

Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 shall apply to the Republic of Latvia in relation to the request for mutual assistance in relation to that criminal matter as if there is in effect in respect of the Republic of Latvia an order made under section 17 of the Mutual

Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 without any restriction, limitation, exception, modification, adaptation, condition or qualification.

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Dated 7 August 2014

[JPN(R)152/185/29/36-2; PN(PU2)628/VII]

HAJAH NANCY BINTI HAJI SHUKRI

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department