Malaysia legislation
Section 5
of PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC SECURITY (SARAWAK) ACT 1962 (REVISED - 2024)
Section 5
(a)
provide for the payment of compensation and remuneration to persons affected by the regulations;
(b)
provide for the apprehension and trial of persons who contravene the regulations and, notwithstanding subparagraph 14(a)(i) of the Interpretation Ordinance,
2005, for such penalties as the Minister may think fit for offences under the regulations;
*NOTE—Subsection 4(2) came into operation on 08-12-1962 - see G.N.S. 220/1962.
**NOTE—See Preservation of Public Security (Detention) Regulations, 1962 (G.N.S. (221/1962).
Act 855
(c)
provide for the suspension of the operation, or the amendment of any written law in force in Sarawak and any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which applies to Sarawak by virtue of the Application of Laws
Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 2], but such regulations shall not, without the concurrence of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, suspend the operation of or amend any written law having effect as State law;
(d)
provide for the powers of such authorities and persons as may be specified in the regulations to make orders and rules for any of the purposes for which such regulations may be made;
(e)
provide for the delegation and transfer of powers and duties conferred and imposed by or under the regulations;
(f)
contain such other incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or desirable for the purposes of such regulations.
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) or section 3 or 4 shall authorize the making of any regulations providing for the trial of persons by military courts.
Application and effect of regulations