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s 3 Object of Act
The object of this Act is for Malaysia to provide and obtain international assistance in criminal matters, including—
(a) providing and obtaining of evidence and things;
(b) the making of arrangements for persons to give evidence, or to assist in criminal investigations;
(c) the recovery, forfeiture or confiscation of property in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(d) the restraining of dealings in property, or the freezing of property, that may be recovered in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(e) the execution of requests for search and seizure;
(f) the location and identification of witnesses and suspects;
(g) the service of process;
(h) the identification or tracing of proceeds of crime and property and instrumentalities derived from or used in the commission of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence;
(i) the recovery of pecuniary penalties in respect of a serious offence or a foreign serious offence; and
(j) the examination of things and premises.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tujuan Akta ini ialah bagı Malaysia memberikan dan memperoleh bantuan antarabangsa dalam perkara jenayah, termasuklah—
(a) memberikan dan memperoleh keterangan dan benda;
(b) membuat perkiraan bagi orang memberikan keterangan, atau membantu dalam penyiasatan jenayah;
(c) mendapatkan, melucuthakkan atau merampas harta berkenaan dengan sesuatu kesalahan berat atau sesuatu kesalahan berat asing;
(d) menyekat urusan mengenai harta, atau membekukan harta, yang boleh didapatkan berkenaan dengan sesuatu kesalahan berat atau sesuatu kesalahan berat asing;
(e) melaksanakan permintaan bagi penggeledahan dan penyitaan;
(f) mencari dan mengenal pasti saksi dan orang yang disyaki;
(g) menyampaikan proses;
(h) mengenal pasti atau mengesan hasil jenayah dan harta dan peralatan yang didapatkan daripada atau yang digunakan dalam pelakuan sesuatu kesalahan berat atau sesuatu kesalahan berat asing;
(i) mendapatkan penalti kewangan berkenaan dengan sesuatu Kesalahan berat atau sesuatu kesalahan berat asing; dan
(j) memeriksa benda dan premis. Akta tidak mengehadkan kerjasama dengan organisasi antarabangsa, dsb.
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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).
