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s 18 Special direction of Minister
If a foreign State in respect of which no order has been made under section 17 makes a request for mutual assistance in a criminal matter under this Act, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, give a special direction in writing that this Act shall apply to that foreign State in relation to the requested mutual assistance subject to any restriction, limitation, exception, modification, adaptation, condition or qualification contained in the direction.
Malay text (authoritative)
Jika suatu Negara asing yang berkenaan dengannya tiada perintah telah dibuat di bawah seksyen 17 membuat permintaan bagi bantuan bersama dalam perkara jenayah di bawah Akta ini, Menteri boleh, atas syor Peguam Negara, memberikan suatu arahan khas secara bertulis bahawa Akta ini hendaklah terpakai bagi Negara asing itu berhubung dengan bantuan bersama yang diminta itu tertakluk kepada apa-apa sekatan, had, kekecualian, ubah suaian, penyesuaian, syarat atau batasan yang terkandung dalam arahan itu.
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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).
