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s 11 Penalty
Any person who—
(a) refuses to be taken, or offers any resistance to being taken, into the charge of an officer duly authorized in
writing by a local authority and acting under the direction of the Director General or a social welfare officer under this Act;
(b) escapes from an officer duly authorized in writing by a local authority and acting under the direction of the Director General or a social welfare officer while committed to their charge under this Act;
(c) without permission of the Superintendent leaves a welfare home in which he is required to reside under section 3 or to which he has been admitted on his own application under section 4; or
(d) having been permitted to leave a welfare home for a specified time fails to return without reasonable cause at the expiration of such time,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to be sent to a welfare home or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Malay text (authoritative)
Seseorang yangigratilom sleb: A.A4C4/77 : (
(b) lari dari pegawai awam, pegawai pihakberkuasa empatan atau pegawai polis semasa diletakka ialam jagaannya di bawah Akta ini; ata
(c) tanpa kebenaran Penguasa meninggalkan rumah kebajikan di mana ia dikehendaki tinggal di bawah seksyen 3 atau di mana ia telah diterima masuk atas permohonannya sendiri di bawah seksyen 4; atau
(d) setelah dibenarkan meninggalkan sesuatu rumah kebajikan bagi sesuatu masa yang ditentukan ia tilak easa yå tan ditentakanang, menasabah apabila Menangkap orang-orang papa yang Iari. Dilepaskan. Pcmansuhan. crúntukanperuntukan peralihan. 3. Menteri boleh upaya mena-mach praig ylab dit rima masuk ke askat rumah kebajikan dilepaskan.
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).
