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Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 35

Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 35

s 35 Admissibility of statement

(1) Except as provided in this section, no statement made by any person to an enforcement officer in the course of an investigation made under this Act shall be used in evidence. (2) When any witness is called for the prosecution or for the defence, other than the accused, and there is a basis for impeaching the credit of that witness, the Court shall, subject to the provisions of the Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56], refer to any statement made by that witness to an enforcement officer in the course of an investigation under this Act and may then use that statement to impeach the credit of the witness. (3) Where the accused had made a statement during the course of an investigation, such statement may be admitted in evidence in support of his defence during the course of the trial. (4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any statement made in the course of an identification parade or falling within section 27 or paragraphs 32(1)(a), (i) and (j) of the Evidence Act 1950. (5) When any person is charged with any offence in relation to— (a) the making; or (b) the contents, of any statement made by him to an enforcement officer in the course of an investigation made under this Act, that statement may be used as evidence in the prosecution’s case.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kebolehterimaan pernyataan

(1) Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam seksyen ini, tiada pernyataan yang dibuat oleh mana-mana orang kepada seseorang pegawai penguat kuasa semasa penyiasatan dibuat di bawah Akta ini boleh digunakan dalam keterangan. (2) Apabila mana-mana saksi dipanggil bagi pihak pendakwa atau pembela, selain tertuduh, dan terdapat suatu asas untuk mencabar kebolehpercayaan saksi itu, Mahkamah hendaklah, tertakluk kepada peruntukan Akta Keterangan 1950 [Akta 56], merujuk kepada mana-mana pernyataan yang dibuat oleh saksi itu kepada seseorang pegawai penguat kuasa dalam perjalanan suatu penyiasatan di bawah Akta ini dan boleh kemudiannya menggunakan pernyataan itu untuk mencabar kebolehpercayaan saksi itu. (3) Jika tertuduh telah membuat suatu pernyataan semasa penyiasatan, pernyataan itu boleh diterima sebagai keterangan bagi menyokong pembelaannya semasa perbicaraan. (4) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam seksyen ini boleh disifatkan terpakai bagi mana-mana pernyataan yang dibuat semasa suatu perbarisan cam atau terangkum dalam seksyen 27 atau perenggan 32(1)(a), (i) dan (j) Akta Keterangan 1950. (5) Apabila mana-mana orang dipertuduh atas apa-apa kesalahan berhubung dengan— (a) pembuatan; atau (b) kandungan, apa-apa pernyataan yang dibuat olehnya kepada seseorang pegawai penguat kuasa semasa penyiasatan dibuat di bawah Akta ini, pernyataan itu boleh digunakan sebagai keterangan dalam kes pendakwaan.

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Find Act 670 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 November 2014 (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).

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