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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 10

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 10

s 10 Defiance of Court order

Any person who defies, disobeys, disputes, degrades, brings into contempt any order of a Judge or Court shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Mengingkari perintah Mahkamah

Mana-mana orang yang mengingkari, melanggar, mempertikaikan, mempersendakan atau menyebabkan dipandang hina apa-apa perintah Hakim atau Mahkamah adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi tiga ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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Find Act 559 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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