Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XXIV
238. No sentence of death against person under 18 years
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded a against a person convicted of an offence if it appears to the Court that at the time when the offence was committed he was under the age of 18 years but instead the Court shall sentence him to be detained during His Majesty the
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan's pleasure, and, if so sentenced, he is liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions as the His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan directs, and while so detained is deemed to be in legal custody.
Subject to the powers of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan under this Code and any other written law, if a person is ordered to be detained under subsection (I), the Board of Visiting Justices for the prison or the board of visitors for any other place -
shall review that person's case at least once a year; and
may recommend to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan on the early release or further detention of that person, and His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may thereupon order him to be released or further detained, as the case may be.
Terms defined in s 2
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
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