Malaysia legislation

Section 8

of CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 8

Section 294 of the Code is amended by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:

"(6)This section shall not apply一

(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.".

New section 399B