Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Act 2009 s 44
s 44 Threats against witnesses
(1) A person who hinders or attempts to hinder any person from giving evidence before the Commission or by threats, deters or attempts to deter any person from giving such evidence, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.
(2) A person who threatens, insults or injures any person for having given evidence, or on account of the evidence which the person has given before the Commission, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Ugutan terhadap saksi
(1) Seseorang yang menghalang atau cuba menghalang mana-mana orang daripada memberikan keterangan di hadapan Suruhanjaya atau melalui ugutan, menyekat atau cuba menyekat mana-mana orang daripada memberikan keterangan sedemikian, melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau didenda tidak melebihi satu ratus ribu ringgit atau kedua-duanya.
(2) Seseorang yang mengugut, mengeji atau mencederakan mana-mana orang kerana telah memberikan keterangan, atau kerana keterangan yang telah diberikan oleh orang itu di hadapan Suruhanjaya, melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau didenda tidak melebihi satu ratus ribu ringgit atau kedua-duanya.
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Text as at 8 September 2023 (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).
