Prisons Act · s 3

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s 3Power to declare prisons

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, by notification published in the Gazette declare that —

(a)

any house, building, enclosure or place or any part thereof to be a prison for the purpose of this Act, for the imprisonment or detention of persons lawfully in custody; and/or

(b)

any prison shall cease to be a prison; and on the publication of such declaration, or from and after any later date specified therein, such prison shall cease to be a prison.