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Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952 s 17

Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952 s 17

s 17 Attendance to be notified by summons

Any order to attend or to produce documents before the House or before any committee, shall be notified to the person required to attend or to produce documents, by summons under the hand of the Clerk issued by direction of the President; and in every such summons there shall be stated the time when, and the place where, the person summoned is required to attend and the particular documents which he is required to produce, and the summons shall be served on the person mentioned therein, either by delivering to him a copy thereof or by leaving a copy thereof, at his usual or last known place of abode in Malaysia, with some adult person, and there shall be paid or tendered to the person so summoned, if he does not reside within six miles of the House, such sum for his expenses as may be prescribed by any standing order in that behalf.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kehadiran hendaklah diberitahu melalui saman

Apa-apa perintah untuk hadir atau untuk mengemukakan dokumen di hadapan Majiis atau di hadapan mana-mana Majlis Parlimen (Keistimewaan dan Kuasa) jawatankuasa, hendaklah diberitahu kepada orang yang dikehendaki hadir atau kemukakan dokumen itu, melalui saman, di bawah tandatangan Setiausaha yang dikeluarkan dengan arahan Yang Dipertua; dan dalam tiap-tiap saman itu hendaklah dinyatakan masa dan tempat orang yang disaman itu dikehendaki hadir dan dokumen tertentu yang dia dikehendaki kemukakan, dan saman itu hendaklah disampaikan kepada orang yang disebutkan di dalamnya, sama ada dengan menghantarserahkan kepadanya satu salinan saman itu atau dengan meninggalkan satu salinan saman itu, di tempat tinggalnya yang biasa atau yang terakhir diketahui dalam Malaysia, dengan mana-mana orang dewasa, dan hendaklah dibayar atau ditawarkan kepada orang yang disaman itu, jika dia tidak tinggal dalam lingkungan enam batu dari Majlis, sejumlah wang untuk perbelanjaannya sebagaimana yang ditetapkan oleh mana-mana peraturan mesyuarat bagi maksud itu.

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Find Act 347 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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