Official Secrets Act · s 8

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s 8Interfering with police officers or members of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s Forces

No person within or in the vicinity of any prohibited place shall obstruct, knowingly mislead or otherwise interfere with or impede, any police officer, or any member of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s Forces engaged on duty in relation to the prohibited place, and if any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with this provision, he is guilty of an offence against this Act.