Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIII
107. Information of offences
Feedback & supportEvery information relating to the commission of an offence, if given orally to an officer in charge of a police station, shall be reduced to writing by him or under his direction and be read over to the informant.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
Every such information shall be entered in a book to be kept by that officer, who shall append to such entry the date and hour on which that information was given, and whether given in writing or reduced to writing as aforesaid shall be signed by the person giving it.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), information given by a person relating to the commission of an offence to a police officer, who at the time of receiving the information is not in a police station, shall be deemed to be received at a police station.
A police officer receiving such information under paragraph (a)
where practicable shall record or cause to be recorded the name and address of the informant, the date and time of the receipt of such information, and shall convey such information to an officer in charge of a police station or any police officer whose duty is to receive such information.
Such information shall be reduced to writing and entered in a book in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) and shall subsequently be signed by the person who gave the information.
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A police officer shall be duty bound to receive any information in relation to any offence committed anywhere in Malaysia.