(1) Every investigation under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983, Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 or Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 shall be completed without unnecessary delay, and the officer of the Agency making the investigation shall, unless the offence is of a character which the Public Prosecutor has directed need not be reported to him, submit to the Public Prosecutor a report of his investigation together with the investigation papers in respect of such investigation within one week of the expiry of the period of three months from the date the information was given.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Public Prosecutor may at any time, regardless that the period of three months mentioned in subsection (1) has not expired, direct the officer of the Agency making the investigation to submit to the Public Prosecutor a report in the form in the Schedule and the investigation papers in respect of the investigation.
(3) An officer of the Agency who fails to submit the report and investigation papers under this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or to fine which may extend to one thousand ringgit or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Laporan pegawai Agensi
(1) Tiap-tiap penyiasatan di bawah Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, Akta Penagih Dadah (Rawatan dan Pemulihan) 1983, Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985 atau Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Perlucuthakan Harta) 1988 hendaklah diselesaikan tanpa kelengahan yang tidak perlu, dan pegawai Agensi yang membuat penyiasatan itu hendaklah, melainkan jika kesalahan itu daripada jenis yang telah diarahkan oleh Pendakwa Raya tidak perlu dilaporkan kepadanya, mengemukakan kepada Pendakwa Raya suatu laporan penyiasatannya berserta dengan kertas siasatan berkenaan dengan penyiasatan itu dalam masa satu minggu dari tamatnya tempoh tiga bulan dari tarikh maklumat itu diberikan.
(2) Walau apa pun subseksyen (1), Pendakwa Raya boleh pada bila-bila masa, tanpa mengira bahawa tempoh tiga bulan yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) belum tamat, mengarahkan pegawai Agensi yang membuat penyiasatan itu supaya mengemukakan kepada Pendakwa Raya suatu laporan mengikut bentuk dalam Jadual dan kertas siasatan berkenaan dengan penyiasatan itu.
(3) Seseorang pegawai Agensi yang gagal mengemukakan laporan dan kertas siasatan di bawah seksyen ini melakukan suatu
Undang-Undang Malaysia Akta 638
kesalahan, dan apabila disabitkan, boleh dipenjarakan selama tempoh yang boleh sampai satu bulan atau didenda yang boleh sampai satu ribu ringgit atau kedua-duanya.
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).
