s 50 Officers not in uniform to produce identification cards
(1) Every police officer and every road transport officer, if not in uniform when acting against any person under this Act, shall on demand, declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is acting such document establishing his identity as the Chief Police Officer may direct in the case of a police officer or as the Director General may direct in the case of a road transport officer, to be carried by a police officer and road transport officer respectively.
(2) It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request, demand or order made by any police officer or by a road transport officer not in uniform if such police officer or road transport officer refuses to declare his office and produce his identification document on demand being made by such person.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pegawai tidak memakai pakaian seragam hendaklah mengemukakan kad pengenalan
(1) Tiap-tiap pegawai polis dan pegawai pengangkutan jalan, apabila bertindak terhadap mana-mana orang di bawah Akta ini, jika tidak berpakaian seragam, hendaklah apabila diminta, mengisytiharkan jawatannya dan mengemukakan kepada orang yang terhadapnya dia bertindak dokumen yang membuktikan identitinya sebagaimana yang diarahkan oleh Ketua Pegawai Polis dalam hal seorang pegawai polis atau sebagaimana yang diarahkan oleh Ketua Pengarah dalam hal seorang pegawai pengangkutan jalan supaya dibawa oleh pegawai polis atau pegawai pengangkutan jalan itu masing-masing.
(2) Adalah tidak menjadi suatu kesalahan bagi mana-mana orang yang enggan mematuhi apa-apa kehendak, permintaan atau perintah yang dibuat oleh mana-mana pegawai polis atau pegawai pengangkutan jalan yang tidak berpakaian seragam jika pegawai polis atau pegawai pengangkutan jalan itu enggan mengisytiharkan jawatannya dan mengemukakan dokumen pengenalannya atas permintaan orang itu.
Text as at 15 October 2023 (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).
