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Sedition Act 1948 s 11

Sedition Act 1948 s 11

s 11 Arrest without warrant

Any police officer not below the rank of Inspector may arrest without warrant any person found committing or reasonably suspected of committing or of having committed or of attempting to commit or of procuring or abetting any person to commit any offence against this Act, or reasonably suspected of the unlawful possession of any thing liable to forfeiture thereunder.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penangkapan tanpa waran

Mana-mana pegawai polis yang berpangkat tidak rendah daripada Inspektor boleh menangkap tanpa waran mana-mana orang yang didapati melakukan atau yang dengan semunasabahnya disyaki melakukan atau telah melakukan atau cuba melakukan atau menyebabkan atau bersubahat dengan mana-mana orang untuk melakukan apa-apa kesalahan terhadap Akta ini, atau dengan semunasabahnya disyaki memiliki dengan menyalahi undang-undang apa-apa benda yang boleh dilucuthakkan di bawahnya.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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