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s 26 How person arrested to be dealt with
(1) An authorized officer making an arrest under this Act or any applicable written law shall without unnecessary delay produce the person arrested before a Magistrate.
(2) No authorized officer shall keep in custody a person arrested for a longer period than under all the circumstances of the case is reasonable.
(3) Such period shall not in the absence or after the expiry of a special order of a Magistrate under section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593] exceed twenty-four hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Seorang pegawai berkuasa yang membuat penangkapan di bawah Akta ini ațau mana-mana undangundang bertulis yang terpakai hendaklah tanpa kelengahan yang tak sepatutnya membawa orang yang ditangkap itu ke hadapan seorang Majistret.
[Bah. VIII-IX, S. 26-30]
(2) Tiada . seorang pun pegawai berkuasa boleh menahan dalam jagaan seseorang yang dıtangkap bagı tempoh yang lebıh lama daripada yang munasabah • mengikut segala hal keadaan kes itu.
(3) Tempoh tersebut tidaklah boleh sekiranya tidak ada atau selepas habisnya tempoh perintah khas seorang Majistret di bawah seksyen 117 Kanun Prosedur Jena- N.M.B. yah melebihi dua puluh empat jam, tidak termasuk masa yang diambil bagi perjalanan perlu dari tempat penangkapan ke Mahkamah Majistret.
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).
