Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 s 5
Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 s 5
s 5 Consorting with person carrying corrosive or explosive substance
Any person who consorts with, or is found in the company of, another person who is carrying or has in his possession or under his control any corrosive or explosive substance in contravention of section 3, in circumstances which raise a reasonable presumption that he knew that such other person was carrying or had in his possession or under his control any such substance shall, unless he shall prove that he had reasonable grounds for believing that such other person was carrying or had in his possession or under his control any such substance for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to the like punishment as that other person with whom he was consorting or in whose company he was found.
Malay text (authoritative)
Berdampingan dengan orang yang membawa bahan-bahan kakisan atau letupan
Mana-mana orang yang berdampingan dengan atau didapati ada bersama-sama dengan seorang lain yang sedang membawa atau ada dalam miliknya atau di bawah kawalannya apa-apa bahan kakisan atau letupan yang melanggar seksyen 3, dalam hal keadaan yang menimbulkan anggapan yang munasabah bahawa dia telah mengetahui yang orang lain itu sedang membawa atau ada dalam miliknya atau di bawah kawalannya apa-apa bahan itu, melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa dia ada alasan yang munasabah bagi mempercayai yang orang lain itu membawa atau ada dalam miliknya atau di bawah kawalannya apa-apa bahan itu bagi maksud yang sah, melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh dikenakan hukuman yang sama seperti yang boleh dikenakan kepada orang yang didampinginya itu atau yang bersama-sama dengannya ketika dia ditemui.
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).
