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Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959 s 9

Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959 s 9

s 9 Special powers in protected areas and protected places

Any person who attempts to enter or who is in a protected area or a protected place and who fails to stop after being challenged three times by an authorized officer so to do may be arrested by force, which force may if necessary to effect the arrest extend to the voluntary causing of death.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa khas di kawasan larangan dan tempat larangan

Mana-mana orang yang cuba memasuki atau yang berada di dalam kawasan larangan atau tempat larangan dan tidak berhenti setelah dicabar tiga kali oleh pegawai berkuasa supaya berbuat demikian boleh ditangkap dengan kekerasan, yang mana kekerasan itu jika perlu untuk melaksanakan penangkapan itu boleh berlanjutan sehingga menyebabkan kematian dengan sengaja.

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Find Act 298 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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