Sections 58β59 were repealed by later amendments.
s 39 Examination of person acquainted with case
(1) An authorized officer conducting an investigation under this Act may examine orally a person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case.
(2) The person shall during such examination, disclose all information which is within his knowledge, or which is available to him, in respect of the matter in relation to which he is being examined, and answer any question put to him truthfully and to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall not refuse to answer any question on the ground that it tends to incriminate him.
(3) A statement made by a person under this section shall, whenever possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the person making it or affixed with his thumb print, as the case may be, after it has been
* NOTEβThe Postal Services Act 1991 [Act 465] has since been repealed by the Postal Services Act 2012 [Act 741] which come into operation on 1 April 2013-see subsection 110(1) of Act 741.
read to him in the language in which he made it and after he has been given an opportunity to make any corrections he may wish.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pemeriksaan orang yang mengetahui mengenai kes
(1) Seseorang pegawai diberi kuasa yang menjalankan suatu penyiasatan di bawah Akta ini boleh memeriksa secara lisan seseorang yang dijangka mengetahui fakta dan hal keadaan kes itu.
(2) Orang itu hendaklah semasa pemeriksaan itu, menzahirkan segala maklumat yang dalam pengetahuannya, atau yang ada padanya, berkenaan dengan perkara yang berhubungan dengannya dia diperiksa, dan menjawab apa-apa soalan yang diajukan kepadanya dengan sebenar dan setakat pengetahuan dan kepercayaannya yang terbaik, dan tidak boleh enggan menjawab apa-apa soalan atas alasan bahawa ia berkecenderungan membabitkannya.
(3) Sesuatu pernyataan yang dibuat oleh seseorang di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah, bilamana mungkin, diubah ke dalam bentuk bertulis dan ditandatangani oleh orang yang membuatnya atau ditandakan dengan cap ibu jarinya, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, selepas pernyataan itu dibacakan kepadanya dalam bahasa yang pernyataan itu dibuat olehnya dan selepas dia diberi peluang untuk membuat apa-apa pembetulan yang diingininya.
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Text as at 4 July 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).
