Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter V · Processes to Compel Appearance
48. Summonses to appear and warrants of arrest may be executed in any part of Malaysia
Feedback & supportAll summonses to appear and warrants of arrest issued by a
Magistrate’s Court may be served or executed as the case may be in any part of Malaysia:
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
Provided that no such summons shall be served outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing the same unless the same shall be indorsed by the Court with the words “For service out of the jurisdiction”.
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No such summons shall be indorsed by a Court issuing the same with the words “For service out of the jurisdiction” unless the Court is satisfied that there are special grounds for allowing such service, which grounds shall be recorded before the summons is so indorsed.