No native holding shall be attached in execution of a decree or order of any court unless the suit or proceeding in which such decree or order was made was instituted before the commencement of this Act.
Malay text (authoritative)
Sekatan tentang penahanan dalam pelaksanaan
Tiada pegangan anak negeri boleh ditahan dalam melaksanakan sesuatu dekri atau perintah mana-mana mahkamah melainkan jika guaman atau prosiding yang dalamnya dekri atau perintah itu dibuat telah dimulakan sebelum permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini.
Text as at 1 November 2012 (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).