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Armed Forces Act 1972 s 138

Armed Forces Act 1972 s 138

s 138 Special provisions as to civil prisons in Malaysia

(1) A person sentenced to death or imprisonment and committed or transferred to a civil prison in pursuance of regulations made under section 136 or of Imprisonment and Detention Rules shall, while in that prison, be confined and otherwise dealt with in the same manner as a person confined therein under a like sentence of a civil court. (2) The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593] and of the Prisons Act 1995 [Act 537], and of any rules made thereunder shall apply in relation to the execution in a civil prison of a sentence of death passed by a court-martial for any offence, but with the substitution in such written laws for references to the Superintendent of Prisons or Officer-in-Charge, as the case may be of references to the provost marshal or other provost officer responsible for the due execution of the sentence.

Malay text (authoritative)

Peruntukan khas mengenai penjara awam di Malaysia

(1) Seseorang yang dijatuhkan hukuman mati atau pemenjaraan dan dikomitkan atau dipindahkan ke penjara awam menurut peraturanperaturan yang dibuat di bawah seksyen 136 atau mengikut Kaedah- Kaedah Pemenjaraan dan Tahanan, semasa dalam penjara itu, hendaklah dikurung atau pun diuruskan secara lain sama seperti seseorang yang dikurung di dalamnya bagi suatu hukuman yang sama yang dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah awam. (2) Peruntukan Kanun Tatacara Jenayah [Akta 593] dan Akta Penjara 1995 [Akta 537], dan mana-mana kaedah yang dibuat di bawahnya hendaklah terpakai dalam penjara awam berhubung dengan pelaksanaan sesuatu hukuman mati yang dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah tentera bagi apa-apa kesalahan, tetapi dengan menggantikan sebutan mengenai Penguasa Penjara atau Pegawai Penjaga, mengikut manamana yang berkenaan, dalam undang-undang bertulis itu dengan sebutan mengenai provos marsyal atau pegawai provos lain yang bertanggungjawab bagi melaksanakan hukuman itu dengan sepatutnya.

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Text as at 15 July 2022 (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).

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