s 12 Procedure in cases of proved ill-treatment of suspected mentally disordered person
Where a person has been convicted of an offence under Chapter XVI of the Penal Code [Act 574] involving hurt, grievous hurt, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, assault or criminal force against any other person, and the Court has reason to
suspect that that other person is mentally disordered and is not under proper care and control, the Court may send that person before a medical officer in a government psychiatric hospital or a registered medical practitioner in a gazetted private psychiatric hospital for examination.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tatacara dalam kes layanan buruk yang terbukti terhadap orang yang disyaki bercelaru mental
Jika seseorang telah disabitkan atas suatu kesalahan di bawah Bab XVI Kanun Keseksaan [Akta 574] yang melibatkan kecederaan, kecederaan parah, penahanan salah, pengurungan salah, amang atau kekerasan jenayah terhadap mana-mana orang lain, dan Mahkamah mempunyai sebab untuk mengesyaki bahawa orang lain itu bercelaru mental dan tidak berada di bawah jagaan dan kawalan yang sepatutnya, Mahkamah boleh menghantar orang itu ke hadapan seorang pegawai perubatan di hospital psikiatri kerajaan atau seorang pengamal perubatan berdaftar di hospital psikiatri swasta yang diwartakan untuk pemeriksaan.
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).
