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s 32 Non-liability for act done under authority of warrant
(1) Where the defence to any suit instituted against a police officer, an extra police officer, volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by any competent authority, the court shall, upon production of the warrant containing the signature of such authority and upon proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to such warrant, enter judgment in favour of such police officer, extra police officer, volunteer reserve police officer or auxiliary police officer.
(2) No proof of the signature of such authority shall be required unless the court has reason to doubt the genuineness thereof; and where it is proved that such signature is not genuine, judgment shall nevertheless be given in favour of such police officer or extra police officer if it is proved that, at the time when the act complained of was committed, he believed on reasonable grounds that such signature was genuine.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tiada liabiliti terhadap perbuatan yang dilakukan di bawah kuasa waran
(1) Jika pembelaan kepada mana-mana guaman yang dibawa terhadap seorang pegawai polis, pegawai polis tambahan, pegawai polis sukarelawan simpanan atau seorang pegawai polis bantuan adalah bahawa perbuatan yang diadukan telah dilakukan pada menurut suatu waran yang berupa sebagai dikeluarkan oleh sesuatu pihak berkuasa yang kompeten, mahkamah hendaklah, apabila dikemukakan waran yang mengandungi tandatangan pihak berkuasa
itu dan apabila dibuktikan bahawa perbuatan yang diadukan itu telah dilakukan pada menurut waran itu, mencatatkan hukuman memihak kepada pegawai polis, pegawai polis tambahan, pegawai polis sukarelawan simpanan atau pegawai polis bantuan itu.
(2) Tiada apa-apa bukti mengenai tandatangan pihak berkuasa itu dikehendaki melainkan mahkamah ada sebab bagi meragui ketulenannya; dan di mana dibuktikan bahawa tandatangan itu tidak tulen, hukuman hendaklah masih diberi memihak kepada pegawai polis atau pegawai polis tambahan itu jika dibuktikan bahawa, pada waktu perbuatan yang diadukan itu dilakukan, dia percaya atas alasan yang munasabah bahawa tandatangan itu adalah tulen.
Text as at 1 June 2016 (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).
