EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976

LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 2 Laws of Malaysia ACT 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 Date of Royal Assent … … … … … 6 March 1976 Date of publication in the Gazette ... 11 March 1976 PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint Second Reprint ... … … … … ... … … … … 1998 2001 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Extra-territorial effect of offences committed outside Malaysia SCHEDULE 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 163 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 An Act to deal with certain offences under written laws committed in any place without and beyond the limits of Malaysia and on the high seas on board any ship or on any aircraft registered in Malaysia or otherwise as if they were committed in Malaysia. [1 May 1976, P.U. (B) 244/76] BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title and commencement 1. This Act may be cited as the Extra-territorial Offences Act 1976. Extra-territorial effect of offences committed outside Malaysia 2. (1) (a) Any act contrary to the provisions of any of the written laws specified in the Schedule, being the provisions relating to the creation of, and the punishment for, offences; or (b) any offence under any other written law the commission of which is certified by the Attorney General to affect the security of the Federation, shall, if such act is done or such offence is committed, as the case may be,— (i) on the high seas on board any ship or on any aircraft registered in Malaysia; (ii) by any citizen or any permanent resident on the high seas on board any ship or on any aircraft; 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 163 (iii) by any citizen or any permanent resident in any place without and beyond the limits of Malaysia, be punishable as an offence under the relevant written law as if such act or offence were done or committed in Malaysia. (2) For the purpose of this Act, “permanent resident” has the meaning assigned by the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91]. (3) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may by order amend, or add to, the Schedule. SCHEDULE [Subsection 2(1)] No. Short title Act 88 Official Secrets Act 1972 Act 15 Sedition Act 1948 7 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title —NIL— In force from 8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 163 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 163 EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES ACT 1976 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority —NIL— DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUALA LUMPUR BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA In force from