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7.
Appointment of police lockups as places of detention
(1) It shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by notification published in the Gazette to appoint lockups at such police stations and court houses and other public buildings as may be specified in such notification to be places for the confinement of persons, remanded or

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sentenced to such terms of imprisonment, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in each case.
(2) A  lockup  appointed  as  a  place  of  confinement  under subsection (1) shall not, unless provided otherwise in subsection (3), be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act, and the rules made thereunder shall not apply thereto, but every such lockup shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of Chapter XXVI of the Criminal Procedure
Code (Chapter 7) and to be proper custody for the purposes of section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
(3) A  lockup  appointed  as  a  place  of  confinement  under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of section 61
and also for the purposes of Part IV, other than of sections 28(2) and 43, and, for such purposes, “Officer-in-Charge” shall include the Police Officer and any public officer in charge of the lockup.
(4) The Minister of Home Affairs may, with the approval of His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make rules with regard to lockups appointed under subsection (1) to provide for all or any of the following matter —
(a) the inspection and management of lockups and the officers to be in charge thereof;
(b) the employment of persons confined therein;
(c) the diets to be supplied to such persons;
(d) the maintenance of discipline;
(e) generally for regulating lockups.

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s 7Appointment of police lockups as places of detention

(1)

It shall be lawful for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by notification published in the Gazette to appoint lockups at such police stations and court houses and other public buildings as may be specified in such notification to be places for the confinement of persons, remanded or

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sentenced to such terms of imprisonment, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in each case.

(2)

A lockup appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall not, unless provided otherwise in subsection (3), be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act, and the rules made thereunder shall not apply thereto, but every such lockup shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of Chapter XXVI of the Criminal Procedure

Code (Chapter 7) and to be proper custody for the purposes of section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

(3)

A lockup appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of section 61

and also for the purposes of Part IV, other than of sections 28(2) and 43, and, for such purposes, “Officer-in-Charge” shall include the Police Officer and any public officer in charge of the lockup.

(4)

The Minister of Home Affairs may, with the approval of His

Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make rules with regard to lockups appointed under subsection (1) to provide for all or any of the following matter —

(a)

the inspection and management of lockups and the officers to be in charge thereof;

(b)

the employment of persons confined therein;

(c)

the diets to be supplied to such persons;

(d)

the maintenance of discipline;

(e)

generally for regulating lockups.