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Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 23

Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 23

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 23

TheChief Game Warden may order such rewards as he may deem fit to be paid to any person for services rendered in connection with the detection of cases of oflences under this Act, or in connection with any seizures made under this Act. Protection of informer unless Court orders otherwise. soier or pemted o dta eini poeing sair te (a) the name address and occupation (if any) of an informer; :(b) the substance of the information received from the informer; or (c) any matter which might lead to the informer's discovery. (2) Save as otherwise provided in subsection (3) if any books documents or papers which are in evidence or liable to inspection in any civil or criminal proceeding contain any entry in wnich any informer is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the Court shall cause the entry or passage in which any informer is described or named to be concealed from view or obliterated so far only as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery. y (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsections (1) and (2) the Court may require the production of the original information or complaint of thè informer (if in writing) permit enquiry and order full disclosure of the informer if after full 'enquiry into the case on a trial for any offence under this Act or in any other proceeding the Court is satisfied that— (a) the informer wilfully made in his information or complaint a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true; or (b) substantial justice cannot be done without the disclosure of the informer. Mandatory order for orfeiture 1sub. AA69

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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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