Section 33
Power of States to legislate on minor criminal matters
ActIn forceProvision 20 of 21
Section 33
(1)
A Legislative Assembly may pass laws with reference to such minor criminal matters as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may from time to time prescribe by order and may impose penalties thereunder for any breach thereof, provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of one hundred ringgit or imprisonment for a term of three months or both (but so, however, that where provision is made for a penalty of imprisonment, then provision shall also be made for the alternative of a fine).
(2)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, from time to time, revoke or amend any order made under subsection (1) of this section.