Minor Offences Act 1955 s 33
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s 33 Power of States to legislate on minor criminal matters
(1) A Legislative Assembly may pass laws with reference to such minor criminal matters as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may from time to time prescribe by order and may impose penalties thereunder for any breach thereof, provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of one hundred ringgit or imprisonment for a term of three months or both (but so, however, that where provision is made for a penalty of imprisonment, then provision shall also be made for the alternative of a fine).
(2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, from time to time, revoke or amend any order made under subsection (1) of this section.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Sesuatu Dewan Undangan boleh meluluskan undang-undang mengenai apa-apa perkara-perkara jenayah kecil sebagaimana Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh tetapkan darı semasa ke semasa melalul perintah dan boleh mengenakan penalti di bawahnya bagi apa-apa pelanggaran terhadapnya, dengan syarat bahawa tiada apa-apa penalti itu boleh melebihi denda seratus ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tiga bulan atau kedua-duanya (tetapi, walau bagaimanapun, jika peruntukan dibuat bagi satu penalti penjara, maka peruntukan hendaklah juga dibuat bagı alternatit terhadap denda).
(2) Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh, dari semasa ke semasa, membatalkan atau meminda apa-apa perintah yang dibuat di bawah subseksyen (1) seksyen ini.
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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).
