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Minor Offences Act 1955 s 24

Minor Offences Act 1955 s 24

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 24 Illegal drilling

Any person, not being a member of the armed forces of Malaysia or of any local force or visiting force or of the police force of Malaysia, who— (a) is present at or attends any meeting or assembly of persons for the purpose of training or drilling themselves, or of being trained or drilled, to the military use of arms, or for the purpose of practising military exercises or evolutions; or (b) is present at or attends any such meeting or assembly for the purpose of training or drilling any other person or persons to the military use of arms or the practice of military exercises or evolutions; or (c) trains or drills any other person or persons to the military use of arms or the practice of military exercises or evolutions or in any way aids or assists therein, may be arrested by any police officer without warrant and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Mana-mana orang, yang bukan menjadi anggota angkatan bersenjata Malaysia atau 1 mana-mana angkatan tentera tempatan atau angkatan tentera pelawat atau pasukan polis Malaysia, yang- (a) berada di atau menghadiri mana-man: erjumpaan atau perhimpunar • orang-orang bagi maksud berlatih atau berkawad sesama mereka, atau dilatih atau berkawad, untuk menggunakan senjata cara tentera, atau bagi maksud berlatih latihan atau gerakan tentera; (b) berada di atau menghadiri mana-mana perjumpaan atau perhimpunan sedemikian maksud melatih •menyuruh berkawad mana-mana orang atau orang-orang menggunakan senjata cara tentera atau amalan latihan atau gerakan tentera; atau (c) melatih atau menyuruh berkawad mana-mana orang atau orang-orang lain cara-cara menggunakan senjata cara tentera atau amalan latihan atau gerakan tentera atau dengan apa-apa cara menolong membantu, di dalamnya, boleh ditangkap oleh mana-mana pegawai polis tanpa waran dan boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi lima ratus ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya. Memakai pakaian dibenarkan. [Pin. P.U. 297/59.]

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Find Act 336 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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