Section 101B
Court may conduct proceedings through remote communication technology
of Subordinate Courts Act 1948
Without limiting section 101, the court may, in the interest of justice, conduct the proceedings of any cause or matter, civil or criminal, or hold any inquiry, through a remote communication technology.
(2)
The place in which the court is held to conduct the proceedings of any cause or matter, civil or criminal, or hold any inquiry, through a remote communication technology shall be deemed to be conducted within the local limits of jurisdiction assigned to it under section 59
or 76, or, if no such local limits have been assigned, arising in any part of Peninsular Malaysia.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of section 5 of the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 [Act 676], sections 265A and 272B of the Criminal Procedure Code and section 32A of the
Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56].
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(4)
In this section, “place” includes cyberspace, virtual place or virtual space.