Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 26
If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place, either within or without the jurisdiction where he was so in custody, and deal with such person as he might have done on the original arrest.
Kuasa untuk memburu dan menangkap semula
Jika seseorang yang dalam jagaan sah melarikan diri atau dilarikan daripada tahanan, orang yang daripada jagaannya dia melarikan diri atau dilarikan itu boleh dengan serta-merta memburu dan menangkapnya di mana-mana tempat, sama ada di dalam atau di luar bidang kuasa tempat dia berada dalam jagaan sedemikian, dan memperlakukan orang itu sebagaimana yang boleh diperlakukannya semasa penangkapan yang mula-mula itu.
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).