SUMMONSES AND WARRANTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1971

025e.fm Page 1 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 25 SUMMONSES AND WARRANTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1971 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 MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 025e.fm Page 2 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM 2 SUMMONSES AND WARRANTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1971 Date of Royal Assent … … … … … 22 April 1971 Date of publication in the Gazette … … … 29 April 1971 PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint … … … … … 1992 Second Reprint … … … … 1999 PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PRINTED BY PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD KUALA LUMPUR BRANCH 2006 025e.fm Page 3 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 25 SUMMONSES AND WARRANTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1971 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Service of summons to an accused person between Malaysia and Singapore 4. Service of summons to a witness between Malaysia and Singapore 5. Execution of a warrant issued in lieu of or in addition to summons 6. Proof of Singapore documents 7. Reciprocal provisions 8. Rules 9. Retrospective effect in certain cases 10. Repeal 025e.fm Page 4 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM 025e.fm Page 5 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 25 SUMMONSES AND WARRANTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1971 An Act to make provisions for reciprocal arrangements with respect to service of summonses, subpoenas and certain warrants between Malaysia and Singapore and certain other countries. [Throughout Malaysia—30 April 1971] 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 1. This Act may be cited as the Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) Act 1971*. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Court” has the same meaning assigned to it in the appropriate Criminal Procedure Code; “Magistrate”— (a) in relation to Malaysia includes a Sessions Court Judge; and (b) (Omitted); (c) in relation to Singapore includes a District Judge; *NOTE—Extended to apply to Brunei Darussalam w.e.f. 01-11-1984 and references to Singapore shall be construed as references to Brunei Darussalam—see P.U.(A)253/ 1984 and P.U.(B)436/1984. 025e.fm Page 6 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM 6 Laws of Malaysia A CT 25 “summons” includes any subpoena or other process for requiring the attendance of a witness in a criminal trial, criminal inquiry or other criminal proceeding under the appropriate Criminal Procedure Code but does not include a summons to a juror or an assessor. Service of summons to an accused person between Malaysia and Singapore 3. (1) Where under the provisions of any law in force in Singapore a Court or a Magistrate in Singapore has issued a summons requiring a person accused of an offence to appear before any Court in Singapore, and such person is, or is suspected of being in or on his way to Malaysia, a Magistrate in Malaysia may, if satisfied that the summons was issued by a Court or a Magistrate in Singapore, endorse the summons with his name and designation and seal it with the seal of his Court, and such summons may then be served on such person as if it were a summons issued by a Magistrate in Malaysia under the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593], and such person shall, on service of the summons so endorsed, be legally bound to obey the summons, and if he intentionally omits to obey such summons he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit, or to both, and in any such trial a certificate signed by a Magistrate in Singapore that such person had omitted to obey the summons shall be sufficient evidence that he had intentionally omitted to obey the summons unless the contrary be proved, and no process shall issue on such Magistrate in Singapore or any other officer of Court in Singapore to give evidence at such trial on behalf of any party. (2) Where under the provisions of any law in force in Singapore corresponding to subsection (1), a summons to a person accused of an offence issued by a Court or a Magistrate in Malaysia has been endorsed by a Magistrate in Singapore and served on the person accused, such summons shall for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code be deemed to have been as validly served as if such service had been effected in Malaysia, and if such person intentionally omits to obey the summons he shall be liable to be tried and punished in Malaysia, and at any such trial a certificate signed by a Magistrate in Singapore that such summons was duly served on the person accused, and an affidavit of such service by the person who served the summons may be given in evidence and shall be sufficient evidence of the service of the summons unless the contrary be proved, and no process shall issue on such 025e.fm Page 7 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) 7 Magistrate in Singapore or any other officer of Court in Singapore or the person who served such summons to give evidence at such trial on behalf of any party. Service of summons to a witness between Malaysia and Singapore 4. (1) Where under the provisions of any law in force in Singapore a Court, a Judge, a Magistrate, or any other officer of Court, in Singapore has issued a summons requiring a person to appear before any Court in Singapore as a witness to give evidence in any criminal trial, criminal inquiry or other criminal proceeding, and such person is, or is suspected of being in or on his way to Malaysia, a Magistrate in Malaysia may, if satisfied that the summons was issued by a Court, a Judge, a Magistrate, or other officer of Court, in Singapore, endorse the summons with his name and designation and seal it with the seal of his Court, and such summons may then be served on such person as if it were a summons issued by a Court, a Judge, a Magistrate or an officer of Court having authority to issue the same, in Malaysia under the Criminal Procedure Code, and such witness shall, on service of the summons so endorsed, and on payment or tender of a reasonable amount for his expenses, be legally bound to obey the summons, and if he intentionally omits to obey such summons he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit, or to both, and in any such trial a certificate signed by an officer of Court in Singapore that such person had failed to obey the summons shall be sufficient evidence that he had intentionally omitted to obey the summons unless the contrary be proved, and no process shall issue on such officer of Court in Singapore to give evidence at such trial on behalf of any party. (2) Where under the provisions of any law in force in Singapore corresponding to subsection (1) a summons requiring a person to appear before any Court in Malaysia as a witness to give evidence in any criminal trial, criminal inquiry or other criminal proceeding has been duly endorsed in Singapore and served on the witness, such summons shall for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code be deemed to be validly served as if such service had been effected in Malaysia, and if such person intentionally omits to obey the summons he shall be liable to be tried and punished in Malaysia, and at any such trial a certificate signed by a Magistrate in Singapore that such summons was duly served on the witness and a reasonable amount for his expenses paid or tendered to him, and 025e.fm Page 8 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM 8 Laws of Malaysia A CT 25 an affidavit of such service and the payment or tender of such expenses may be given in evidence and shall be sufficient evidence of the service of the summons and the payment or tender of the expenses unless the contrary be proved, and no process shall issue on such Magistrate in Singapore or any other officer of Court in Singapore or the person who served the summons and paid or tendered the expenses to give evidence at such trial on behalf of any party. Execution of a warrant issued in lieu of or in addition to summons 5. (1) Where a Court in Singapore has issued a warrant in lieu of a summons or in addition to a summons for the arrest of a person under the provisions of the law of Singapore corresponding to section 47 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and such person is or is suspected of being in or on his way to Malaysia, a Magistrate in Malaysia may, if satisfied that such warrant was duly issued in Singapore, endorse the warrant with his name and designation and seal it with the seal of his Court, and such warrant may then be executed on such person as if it were a warrant issued in Malaysia under the Criminal Procedure Code. (2) Where under the provisions of any law in force in Singapore corresponding to subsection (1) a warrant issued by a Court in Malaysia has been duly endorsed in Singapore and executed on the person named in the warrant, such warrant shall for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code be deemed to have been as validly executed as if such execution has been effected in Malaysia. (3) Where a warrant has been executed in Malaysia pursuant to subsection (1), the person arrested shall be produced as soon as possible before a Magistrate in Malaysia, who shall, if satisfied that he is the person specified in the warrant, direct that the arrested person be transferred forthwith in custody to the appropriate Court in Singapore and any such person shall while in such custody, be deemed for all purposes to be in lawful custody: Provided that such Magistrate may, if for reasons to be recorded by him, he is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice so to do, notwithstanding that the warrant of arrest contains no provisions for the grant of bail to the person arrested, release such person on bail conditional on his appearing before the appropriate Court in Singapore at a time to be specified in the bond and bail 025e.fm Page 9 Monday, March 27, 2006 2:09 PM Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions) 9 bond; and the Criminal Procedure Code relating to bail and bonds shall apply to such bond and bail bond. (4) In addition to the liability to forfeiture of a bond and bail bond executed under the proviso to subsection (3) and to payment of the penalty thereof, the person released on such bond and bail bond who intentionally omits to appear before the appropriate Court in Singapore in accordance with the terms of the bond and bail bond shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit, or to both. (5) In proceedings for the forfeiture of a bond and bail bond executed under the proviso to subsection (3) and for the payment of the penalty thereof, and in a trial for an offence under subsection (4) a certificate signed by a Magistrate in Singapore that the person released on such bond and bail bond had omitted to appear before the appropriate Court in Singapore in accordance with the terms of the bond and bail bond shall be sufficient evidence that the person had intentionally omitted to appear before the appropriate Court in Singapore in accordance with the terms of the bond and bail bond unless the contrary be proved, and no process shall issue on such Magistrate in Singapore or any other officer of Court in Singapore to give evidence at such proceeding on behalf of any party.