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Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 53

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 53

s 53 Act which a person is compelled to do by threats

(1) Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threats, which at the time of doing it reasonably caused the apprehension that instant death to the person will otherwise be the consequence. (2) The exception under subsection (1) shall not apply if the person doing the act placed himself, of his own accord, in the situation by which he became subject to such constraint.

Malay text (authoritative)

Perbuatan orang yang terpaksa oleh sebab ugutan

(1) Tidaklah menjadi kesalahan apa-apa jua yang dilakukan oleh seseorang yang terpaksa melakukannya oleh sebab ugutan yang sedemikian sifatnya sehingga menyebabkan orang itu semunasabahnya percaya, pada masa dia melakukan perbuatan itu, bahawa jika dia tidak melakukannya dia akan mati pada masa itu juga. (2) Kecualian di bawah subseksyen (1) tidaklah terpakai jika orang yang melakukan perbuatan itu telah meletakkan dirinya, dengan kerelaannya sendiri, dalam keadaan yang menjadikannya tertakluk kepada paksaan itu.

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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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