Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part VI · Offences
54. Offences concerning prison supplies
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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;
directly or indirectly have any pecuniary interest in the purchase of prison supplies;
receive or have any pecuniary dealings with prisoners or their friends with regard to any discounts, gifts or other consideration from contractors for, or sellers of, prison supplies;
sell or supply any article to or for the use of a prisoner or a prison;
receive directly or indirectly—
any benefit or advantage from the sale or supply of;
or
any interest in any contract or agreement for the sale or supply of,
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any article to or for the use of a prisoner or a prison.
No prison officer, Medical Officer, Dental Officer or staff employed by the prison department shall hold any unauthorized communication with a person for any of the purposes in subsection (1).
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;
A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
In this section references to selling or supplying include respectively references to offering for sale and offering for supply as well as letting on hire and offering to let on hire.