Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXVII · Sentences and the Carrying Out of IT
297. Penalty for non-compliance with section 296
Feedback & supportIf any person subject to the supervision of the police who is at large within Malaysia—
remains in any place for forty-eight hours without notifying the place of his residence to the Officer in charge of the
Police District in which the place is situated;
Police District
“Police District” means any area designated as such under the Police Act 1967, and, unless and until an area is so designated, means any area constituted or recognized as a Police District at the commencement of this Code;
fails to comply with the requisitions of section 296 on the occasion of any change of residence;
fails to comply with the requisitions of section 296 as to reporting himself once in each month, he shall in every such case unless he proves to the satisfaction of the
Court before which he is tried that he did his best to act in conformity with the law be liable to imprisonment for one year.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;