Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
41. Special custody in hospital
Feedback & supportWhere from the gravity of the offence for which a prisoner may be in custody or for any other reason, the Officer in Charge considers it desirable to take special measures for the security of a prisoner while under treatment in a hospital, the Officer in Charge may, in the event of there being no prison officer available, place the prisoner into the charge of two or more fit and proper persons, one of whom shall be with the prisoner at all times—
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;
who shall be vested with full power and authority to do all things necessary to prevent the prisoner from escaping;
and
who shall be answerable for the safe custody of the prisoner—
until such time as the prisoner is handed over to a prison officer on his discharge from the hospital; or
prison officer
“prison officer” means a uniformed staff of the prison department from and including the rank of Commissioner General of Prison down to and including a Warder;
until such time as the term of imprisonment of the prisoner expires, whichever may first occur.
32 Laws of Malaysia ACT 537