Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 s 28
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 s 28
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s 28 Request for attendance of prisoner or person under detention
(1) Where a request by the appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign State under section 27 relates to—
(a) a prisoner within the meaning of section 2 of the Prison Act 1995 [Act 537]; or
(b) a person under detention in a prescribed institution,
the Attorney General may assist in arranging the transfer of such person into the custody of an officer of the prescribed foreign State for the purpose of transporting such person from Malaysia to the prescribed foreign State and, after that, to be detained in that prescribed foreign State under the custody of such authority as may be lawful in that prescribed foreign State and produced from time to time under custody before the appropriate authority or court in the prescribed foreign State before which he is required to attend as a witness.
(2) Immediately upon his further attendance being dispensed with by the appropriate authority or court in the prescribed foreign State before which his attendance is required, the person shall be transported in the custody of an officer of the prescribed foreign State to Malaysia and returned into the custody of a Malaysian officer having lawful authority to take him into custody and he shall, after that, continue to undergo the imprisonment or detention which he was undergoing prior to the transfer of his custody under subsection (1).
(3) The period during which such person was under foreign custody under this section shall count towards the period of his imprisonment or detention in Malaysia.
(4) No transfer under subsection (1) shall be effected unless the appropriate authority of the prescribed foreign State gives an undertaking—
(a) to bear and be responsible for all the expenses of the transfer of custody;
(b) to keep the person under lawful custody throughout the transfer of his custody; and
(c) to return him into Malaysian custody immediately upon his attendance before the appropriate authority or court in the prescribed foreign State being dispensed with.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Jika sesuatu permintaan oleh pihak berkuasa yang berkenaan sesuatu Negara asing yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen 27 adalah berhubungan dengan-
(a) seorang banduan mengikut pengertian seksyen 2 Akta Penjara 1995 [Akta 537]; atau
(b) seseorang orang yang sedang ditahan dalam suatu institusi yang ditetapkan, Peguam Negara boleh membantu membuat perkiraan bagi pemindahan orang itu ke dalam jagaan seorang pegawai Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu bagi maksud membawa orang itu dari Malaysia ke Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu dan, selepas itu, ditahan di Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu di bawah jagaan pihak berkuasa yang sah di Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu dan dibawa dari semasa ke semasa di bawah jagaan ke hadapan pihak berkuasa yar yaher dinadapan ya dia nah hi Naşira adirs yaradretapkan
(2) Sebaik sahaja kehadirannya tidak lagi dikehendaki oleh pihak berkuasa yang berkenaan atau mahkamah di Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu yang di hadapannya dia dikehendaki hadir, orang itu hendaklah dibawa dalam jagaan seorang pegawai Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu ke Malaysia dan dikembalikan ke dalam jagaan seorang pegawai Malaysia yang mempunyai kuasa yang sah untuk mengambilnya ke dalam jagaan dan dia hendaklah, selepas itu, terus menjalani pemenjaraan atau tahanan yang dijalaninya sebelum pemindahan jagaannya di bawah subseksyen (1).
(3) Tempoh orang itu berada di bawah jagaan asing di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah diambil kira dalam mengira tempoh pemenjaraan atau tahanan orang itu di Malaysia.
(4) Tiada pemindahan di bawah subseksyen (1) boleh dilakukan melainkan jika pihak berkuasa yang berkenaan Negara asing yang ditetapkan itu memberikan aku janji—
(a) untuk menanggung dan bertanggungjawab bagi segala belanja pemindahan jagaan itu;
(b) untuk menahan orang itu di bawah jagaan sah sepanjang pemindahan jagaannya; dan
(c) untuk mengembalikannya ke dalam jagaan Malaysia sebaik ahaja kehadirannya di hadapan pihak berkuasa yang erkenaan atau mahkamah di Negara asing yang ditetapkal itu tidak lagi dikehendaki. Jagaan orang dalam perjalanan
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).
