Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of GENEVA CONVENTIONS ACT 1962

Section 6

(a)

in the case of a protected prisoner of war by an officer of the Armed Forces of Malaysia;

(b)

in the case of a protected internee, by or on behalf of the governor of the prison in which he is confined, that the protecting power has been notified of his conviction and sentence; and in a case to which the foregoing provisions of this subsection apply, a reference to the period aforesaid shall be

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substituted for any reference to the period of fourteen days after the date of such decision in subsection 51(1) of the Courts of

Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91].

(2)

(Omitted).

Reduction of sentence and custody of protected persons