Section 6
Amendment of section 173A
of Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2016
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 6 of 34
Section 6
Section 173A of the Code is amended by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:
"（8）This section shall not apply—
(a)
if the offender is charged with a serious offence; or
(b)
if the offender is charged with the commission of an act of domestic violence as defined under section 2 of the Domestic Violence Act 1994 [Act 521]."