Witness Protection Act 2009 s 10
s 10 Inclusion in the Programme
(1) The Director General shall, after considering the factors referred to in section 9, recommend whether or not a witness is to be included in the Programme.
(2) Every recommendation by the Director General for a witness to be included in the Programme, shall be made to the Attorney General.
(3) The Attorney General, upon receiving the recommendation referred to in subsection (1), shall decide whether or not to include a witness in the Programme.
(4) If any person is aggrieved by the decision of the Attorney General under subsection (3), he may appeal in writing to the Minister within fourteen days from the date of receipt of the decision.
(5) Where an appeal is made under subsection (4)—
(a) the Attorney General shall submit his grounds of decision together with the recommendation of the Director General under subsection (1) to the Minister; and
(b) the protection and assistance to the witness, if provided by the Director General under subsection 7(4), shall continue until the decision on the appeal is made by the Minister.
(6) The Minister shall, upon receipt of an appeal under subsection (4), make a decision on the appeal.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kemasukan ke dalam Program
(1) Ketua Pengarah hendaklah, selepas menimbangkan faktor yang disebut dalam seksyen 9, mengesyorkan sama ada seseorang saksi itu boleh dimasukkan ke dalam Program atau tidak.
(2) Tiap-tiap syor oleh Ketua Pengarah supaya seseorang saksi dimasukkan ke dalam Program hendaklah dibuat kepada Peguam Negara.
(3) Peguam Negara, apabila menerima syor yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1), hendaklah memutuskan sama ada atau tidak hendak memasukkan seseorang saksi itu ke dalam Program.
(4) Jika mana-mana orang terkilan dengan keputusan Peguam Negara di bawah subseksyen (3), dia boleh merayu secara bertulis kepada Menteri dalam masa empat belas hari dari tarikh penerimaan keputusan itu.
(5) Jika suatu rayuan dibuat di bawah subseksyen (4)—
(a) Peguam Negara hendaklah mengemukakan alasan keputusannya berserta syor Ketua Pengarah di bawah subseksyen (1) kepada Menteri; dan
(b) perlindungan dan bantuan kepada saksi, jika diberikan oleh Ketua Pengarah di bawah subseksyen 7(4), hendaklah diteruskan sehingga keputusan atas rayuan itu dibuat oleh Menteri.
(6) Menteri hendaklah, apabila menerima rayuan di bawah subseksyen (4), membuat keputusan atas rayuan itu.
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Text as at 1 September 2019 (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).
