Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
31. Power of Commissioner General to order production in certain cases
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Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);
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prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3 and shall include the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
may, being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds requiring the presence of a prisoner at any place in
Malaysia; or
shall, where the presence of a prisoner is required for the purpose of any public inquiry, by order in writing, direct that the prisoner be taken to that place.
A prisoner taken from a prison under subsection (1) shall, whilst outside that prison, be kept in such custody as the
prisoner
“prisoner” means a person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in a prison and in relation to a convicted prisoner, includes a prisoner released on parole;
Commissioner General may, by order in writing, direct, and whilst in that custody shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.