s 34C Medical practitioner authorized by Director General to be deemed a Government Medical Officer
(1) The Director General may authorize in writing any medical practitioner who is fully registered under section 14 and not being a medical practitioner in the public service to undertake any of the following functions, that is: (a) investigation, examination, treatment or management of any patient; or (b) perform an autopsy or post-mortem investigation of any deceased person, in any hospital, clinic or health centre or in any other similar institution. (2) A medical practitioner who is so authorized under subsection (1) to perform any of the functions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) thereof shall be deemed to be a Government Medical Officer for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593] and any other relevant laws in Malaysia. *NOTE—This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 01-05-1973 – see subsection 1(2) Act A492.