Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part VI · Offences
55. Payment of money forbidden
Feedback & supportNo money or other consideration shall, on any pretext whatsoever, be payable, paid, given or promised, to a prison officer,
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;
Medical Officer, Dental Officer or staff employed by the prison department, by or on behalf of a prisoner, either on his—
Medical Officer
“Medical Officer” and “Dental Officer” mean the Medical Officer or Dental Officer, as the case may be, appointed under section 14;
entry into;
commitment to;
continuance in;
release on parole from; or
discharge from, a prison.
A prison officer, Medical Officer, Dental Officer or staff employed by the prison department, receiving or demanding from or on behalf of a prisoner—
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;
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any money or other consideration;
the promising of money or other consideration;
the undertaking of any service in consideration of receiving or the promising of money or other consideration, for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine of ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.