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Banishment Act s 7

Banishment Act s 7

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.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 7 IS. 7-8] Suspension

(1) The Minister may at his discretion at the time of of banishment order making a banishment order or at any time thereafter direct on execution that the order be suspended and that the person ordered to of a bond. be banished shall execute a bond with sureties to the satisfaction of the Minister for his good behaviour in such amount and for such period (not exceeding five years) and subject to such conditions as to residence or otherwise as may be specified in the direction. (2) If the Minister is satisfied that a person subject to a banishment order directed to be suspended under subsection (1) has failed to observe any condition specified in the bond executed by him under the subsection or that it is not conducive to the good of Malaysia that the person should further remain therein, the Minister may at any time revoke the suspension of the banishment order and upon revocation of the suspension the person may be arrested and detained without a warrant, and the original banishment order shall thereupon be executed in accordance with this Act. (3) Where a banishment order has been suspended under subsection (1) and the suspension has not been revoked betore the expiration of the period for which security for good behaviour was given under that subsection, then upon the expiration of the period the order shall lapse and cease to have effect, but nothing in this subsection shall prevent the making of a fresh banishment order against the person. Expulsion order.

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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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