Witness Protection Act 2009 s 18
s 18 Director General not required to disclose information
(1) Subject to section 12 and subsection (2), the Director General or any of his officers shall not be required—
(a) to produce in any proceedings in a court, tribunal, Commission or an inquiry, any document that has come into the custody or control of the Director General or his officer; or
(b) to divulge or communicate to such a body any matter or thing that has come to the notice of the Director General or any of his officer,
in the performance of their functions and duties under this Act, except where it is necessary to do so for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) If it is essential to the determination of any legal proceedings that the Judge or Magistrate presiding over the proceedings be advised of a participant’s location and circumstances, the person referred to in subsection (1) is to disclose the relevant information to the Judge or Magistrate in chambers, but the person shall not disclose the information if any person other than the Judge or Magistrate is present.
(3) A Judge or Magistrate shall not disclose any information disclosed to the Judge or Magistrate under subsection (2) otherwise than in accordance with this Act.
Malay text (authoritative)
Ketua Pengarah tidak dikehendaki untuk mendedahkan maklumat
(1) Tertakluk kepada seksyen 12 dan subseksyen (2), Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawainya tidak dikehendaki—
(a) untuk mengemukakan dalam mana-mana prosiding dalam mahkamah, tribunal, Suruhanjaya atau siasatan, apa-apa dokumen yang telah berada dalam jagaan atau kawalan Ketua Pengarah atau pegawainya; atau
(b) untuk menzahirkan atau menyampaikan kepada suatu badan apa-apa perkara atau benda yang telah sampai ke perhatian Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawainya,
dalam pelaksanaan fungsi dan kewajipan mereka di bawah Akta ini, kecuali jika perlu berbuat demikian bagi menjalankan maksud Akta ini.
(2) Jika perlu bagi pemutusan apa-apa prosiding undangundang bahawa Hakim atau Majistret yang menjalankan prosiding itu dimaklumkan mengenai tempat dan hal keadaan seseorang peserta, seseorang yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) hendaklah mendedahkan maklumat yang berkaitan itu kepada Hakim atau Majistret dalam kamar, tetapi orang itu tidak boleh mendedahkan maklumat itu jika mana-mana orang selain Hakim atau Majistret hadir.
(3) Hakim atau Majistret tidak boleh mendedahkan apa-apa maklumat yang didedahkan kepada Hakim atau Majistret di bawah subseksyen (2) selain mengikut Akta ini.
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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).
