Section 37
Illness of prisoner
In case of serious illness of a prisoner confined in a prison in which there are inadequate facilities for the treatment of that prisoner, the Officer in Charge, or in his absence, the next senior prison officer on duty may, on the certificate of a Medical Officer, make an order for the removal of the prisoner to a government hospital.
(2)
Where a Medical Officer is not available to issue a certificate for the purposes of subsection (1), the Officer in Charge, or in his absence, the next senior prison officer on duty, may make an order for the removal of the prisoner to a government hospital, without a certificate of a Medical Officer.
30 Laws of Malaysia ACT 537
(3)
Where in the opinion of a medical officer of a government hospital it is necessary for a prisoner removed to the government hospital under subsection (1) or (2) to be admitted and remain in the government hospital, the medical officer of the government hospital shall transmit a certificate stating that fact to the Officer in Charge of the prison from where such prisoner was removed—
(a)
upon the admission of such prisoner into the government hospital; and
(b)
upon the discharge of such prisoner from the government hospital.