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    Native Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) 1

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    LAWS OF MALAYSIA
    REPRINT

    Act 471

    NATIVE COURTS (CRIMINAL


    JURISDICTION) ACT 1991
    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
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    2006

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    NATIVE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION)


    ACT 1991

    Date of Royal Assent ... ... ... … … 2 September 1991

    Date of publication in the Gazette … … 12 September 1991

    PREVIOUS REPRINT

    First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2001

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    ACT 1991

    ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    Section

    1. Short title
    2. Conferment of criminal jurisdiction
    3. Validation

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    LAWS OF MALAYSIA

    Act 471

    NATIVE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION)


    ACT 1991

    An Act to confer on the native courts of the States of Sabah and


    Sarawak jurisdiction in respect of offences.

    [13 September 1991]

    WHEREAS, according to item 13 in List IIA of the Legislative


    Lists in the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution, the jurisdiction
    of the native courts of the States of Sabah and Sarawak shall not
    include jurisdiction in respect of offences except in so far as
    conferred by federal law;

    AND WHEREAS it is now expedient to confer jurisdiction in respect


    of offences on the native courts of those States;

    NOW, THEREFORE, 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 Native Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction)
    Act 1991.

    Conferment of criminal jurisdiction


    2. The native courts constituted in the States of Sabah and Sarawak
    under or by virtue of any written law are hereby conferred jurisdiction
    to try any offence which, under or by virtue of any written law,
    is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
    years or with a fine not exceeding *five thousand ringgit or a

    *NOTE—Previously “two hundred ringgit”–see Native Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment)


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    combination thereof or to deal with the offender in any other
    manner in which, under or by virtue of any such law, they may
    from time to time be empowered to deal:

    Provided that such jurisdiction shall not be exercised in respect


    of such offence which is also an offence under the Penal Code
    [Act 574].

    Validation

    3. All offences which before the commencement of this Act had


    been tried by any of the native courts aforesaid shall, except where
    it has been otherwise judicially declared, be deemed to have been
    validly tried as if jurisdiction in respect thereof had been conferred
    on those courts by federal law.

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    ACT 1991

    LIST OF AMENDMENTS

    Amending law Short title In force from

    Act A835 Native Courts 04-09-1992


    (Criminal Jurisdiction)
    (Amendment) Act 1992

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    NATIVE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION)


    ACT 1991

    LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

    Section Amending authority In force from

    2 Act A835 04-09-1992

    DICETAK OLEH
    PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD,

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