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Anti-Corruption Agency Act 1982 s 3

Anti-Corruption Agency Act 1982 s 3

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 3

(1) For the purposes there ment of of Corruption Act 1961 and any prescribed law the Anti- Agency. Anti-Corruption Corruption is hereby established the Agency. Director-General of the Agency shall be Act (2) The on the advice Agong appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan hold office for such of the Prime Minister and shall of may be specified in the instrument period as appointment. S. 4-7] Officers 4. (1) There shall be appointed so many office of the cers the Agency and of such clasSes or grades, as ma Agency considered necessary for the purpose of carrying8 effect the provisions of this Act. into (2) All officers of the Agency are members of general public service of the Federation. the Powers of 5. (1) The Director-General of the Agency shall have oficers of the Agency all the powers of a Deputy Public Prosecutor under F.M.S. the Criminal Procedure Code and all the powersof Cap. 6. an oficer of the Agency. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the Prevention af Corruption Act 1961, and any prescribed law. an officer of the Agency shall be deemed to be a police officer and shall have all the powers and immunities Act 41/67. of such officer appointed under the Police Act 1967. and the Criminal Procedure Code and any other written law shall be construed accordingly. (3) An officer of the Agency shall, subject 6, have all the powers of an officer of to section customs under any prescribed law as if he were an ofticer appointed Act 235. under the Customs Act 1967, and the Criminal Procedure Code shall be construed accordingly. Powers 6. (1) The Minister may from time to under time by order prescribed published in the Gazette prescribe any written law with laws respect to which the provisions of this Act shall apply. (2) In any order made under subsection (1) or in any subsequent order, the Minister specify that an officer of the Agency of a classmay or grade shall regarded for the purpose of the law to be equivalent be to an officer of a class or grade under the prescribed law. Authority cards. 7. (1) Every officer of the Agency when acting under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1961 or any prescribed law shall on demand declare his ofice and produce to the person against whom he is acting 0r from whom he seeks any information such author card as the Director-General of the to be carried by such officer. Agency may diree REPEALED BY AcT S 7S DISURRANOLEH. * * * * ' * * * * " ° * * * * ° * * S. 7-101 ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY (2) It shall not be an offence for to refuse to comply with any request, demandanyorperson order made by an oticer of the Agency acting or purporting to act under any law as aforesaid if such officer refuses to declare his office and demand being made byproduce his authority card on such person.

Malay text (authoritative)

(1) Bagi maksud-maksud Akta ini, Akta Pencegah Rasuah 1961 dan mana-mana undang-undang_yang ditetapkan, maka adalah dengan ini ditubuhkan Badan Pencegah Rasuah. (2) Ketua Pengarah Badan hendaklah dilantik oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong atas nasihat Perdana Menteri dan hendaklah memegang jawatan selama tempoh yang dinyatakan dalam suratcara perlantikannya.

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Find Act 271 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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