Section 178
Section 178
It shall be the duty of the superintendent or other person in charge of a civil prison in Malaysia to receive any person duly committed to that prison by a magistrate as illegally absent from the regular forces and to detain him until in accordance with the directions of the magistrate he is delivered into armed forces custody.
(2)
The last foregoing subsection shall apply to the person having charge of any police station or other place (not being a prison) in
Malaysia provided for the confinement of persons in custody as it applies to the superintendent or other person in charge of a civil prison.
160 Laws of Malaysia ACT 77
Offences relating to the Armed Forces punishable by Civil Courts