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Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958 s 28

Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958 s 28

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 28

Any person who in a proclaimed area commits, attempts to commit or in any place in Malaysia abets the commission in : oroclaimed area of any of the offences for the time being specifiec in the Third Schedule shall be liable on conviction for the offence, attempt or abetment to imprisonment for a term which may extend to twice the longest term provided for the offence, attempt or abetment, as the case may be, or to such fine as is provided therefor or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penalti tambahan bagi kesalahan tertentu yang dilakukan dalam suatu kawasan diproklamasi

Mana-mana orang yang dalam suatu kawasan diproklamasi melakukan, cuba melakukan atau di mana-mana tempat di Malaysia menyubahati perlakuan dalam suatu kawasan diproklamasi apa-apa kesalahan yang pada masa itu dinyatakan dalam Jadual Ketiga apabila disabitkan bagi kesalahan, percubaan atau subahat itu boleh dipenjarakan selama tempoh yang boleh dilanjutkan hingga dua kali ganda tempoh terpanjang yang diperuntukkan bagi kesalahan, percubaan atau subahat itu, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, atau didenda sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan baginya atau kedua-duanya.

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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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