Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
45. Discharge of prisoners
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Officer in Charge
“Officer in Charge” means a prison officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Prison who is in charge of a prison; *NOTE—All references to the Director General of Prison and Deputy Director General of Prison in any written law or in any instrument, deed, title, document, bond, agreement and working arrangement subsisting immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Prison Act (Amendment) 2008, shall, on the date of the coming into operation…
the expiration of his term of sentence;
payment of fine;
pardon;
commutation; or
remission of sentence.
34 Laws of Malaysia ACT 537
Subject to the approval of the Commissioner General and at the expense of the Government, a prisoner duly discharged from prison in accordance with this section may be returned to the place where the prisoner ordinarily resides.
Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);