Malaysia legislation
Section 28
Section 28
(b)
every person pretending or professing to tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose upon any person;
Wanderers failing to give a good account of themselves
(c)
every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any vehicle, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a satisfactory account of himself;
Exposure of obscene or indecent prints, etc.
(d)
every person wilfully exposing to view, in or near any public road or in any public place, any obscene print, picture or other indecent exhibition;
Exposure of person with intent
(e)
every person wilfully, openly, lewdly and obscenely exposing his person with intent to insult any other person;
(f)
(Deleted by Act No. 19 of 1965).
Fraudulent charitable collections
(g)
every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence;
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Minor Offences
Public betting or gaming
(h)
every person playing or betting by way of wagering or gaming in or near any public road or in any public place at or with any table or instrument of gaming, or any coin, card, token or other article used as an instrument or means of such wagering or gaming at any game or pretended game of chance;
Possession of housebreaking implements or offensive weapons
(i)
every person who shall be found between the hours of sunset and sunrise—
(i)
armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument, with intent to commit housebreaking; or
(ii)
having in his possession without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on such person) any key, picklock, crow-bar, jack, bit or other implement of house-breaking; or
(iii)
having his face blackened or disguised with intent to commit any offence; or
(iv)
in any building with intent to commit any offence therein;
Being found on premises for unlawful purpose
(j)
every person being found in or upon any dwelling house, or premises for the custody of property, or in any enclosed yard, garden or area, for any unlawful purpose;
Suspected persons, reputed thieves frequenting or loitering with intent
(k)
every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting or loitering in or about any river, canal or navigable stream, dock or basin, or any quay, wharf or warehouse near or adjoining thereto or any public place or in or near any public road with intent to commit a seizable and non-bailable offence, and in proving such intent it shall not be necessary to show that the person suspected was guilty of any particular act or acts tending to show his purpose or intent, and he may be convicted if, from the circumstances
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of the case, and from his known character as proved to the
Court, it appears that his intent was to commit a seizable and non-bailable offence; and
Idle and disorderly person resisting arrest
(l)
every person arrested as an idle and disorderly person who violently resists arrest and is subsequently convicted of the offence for which he was arrested, shall be deemed to be a rogue and vagabond and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
FRAUDULENT POSSESSION OF PROPERTY
Fraudulent possession of property