POLICE ACT 1967 (REVISED 1988)
(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Act, 1967 , and shall apply throughout Malaysia.
(2) (Omitted).
(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires:
"ammunition" means ammunition for any arm, and includes grenades, bombs and other like missiles, whether capable of use with arms or not, and any ammunition containing, or designed or adapted to contain, any noxious liquid, gas or other thing;
"arms" includes ammunition;
"Chief Police Officer" means any police officer vested by the Inspector-General with the control of the Royal Malaysia Police in respect of any area or State under section 6 and designated as such by the Inspector-General;
"Commanding Officer" means any police officer vested by the Inspector-General with the control of the Royal Malaysia Police in respect of any State, area, place, formation or police district under section 6 and designated
(1) All persons who are immediately before the commencement of this Act members of the Royal Malaysia Police established under the Royal Malaysia Police Act 1963, shall upon the commencement of this Act become members of the Royal Malaysia Police under this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Force") with corresponding ranks and in corresponding capacities.
(2) Every person aforesaid shall be employed on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(3) The Force shall subject to this Act be employed in and throughout Malaysia (including the territorial waters thereof) for the maintenance of law and order, the preservation of the peace and security of Malaysia, the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension and prosecution of offenders and the collection of security intelligence.
(1) The Force shall be under the command of an Inspector-General who shall be a police officer and shall be responsible to the Minister for the control and direction of the Force and all other persons appointed or engaged for police duties, and who shall have all the powers conferred on a Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer.
(2) There shall be appointed a Deputy Inspector General who shall be a police officer and shall be under the direction of the Inspector-General.
(3) The Deputy Inspector-General shall have all the powers conferred on a Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer.
(4) Any act or thing which may be done, ordered or performed by the Inspector-General under this or any other law may subject to his orders and direction, be done, ordered or performed by the Deputy Inspector-General, a Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, a Senior Assistant Commissioner, or an Assistant Commissioner generally or specially authorised
(1) There shall be appointed an Inspector-General, a Deputy Inspector-General and such Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners and such senior police officers and junior police officers and constables as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) The ranks of Senior Police Officers and Junior Police Officers are as set out in the First Schedule.
The members of the Force shall in relation to:
(a) any area or State as the Minister may determine, be controlled by a Commissioner or Chief Police Officer; and
(b) any formation, police district or police division or area thereof or any place, be controlled by such police officer as the Inspector-General may specify either by name or office.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be the Honorary Commissioner-in-Chief of the Royal Malaysia Police.
[Ins. by Act A1705/2024]
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, in time of war or other emergency, employ the Force or any part thereof to serve in conjunction with the Armed Forces of Malaysia or any Local Forces established under any law, or otherwise in the defence of Malaysia:
Provided that any part of the Force so employed shall continue to be under the command of the Inspector-General or such other police officer as may have been appointed for the purpose.
(2) For the purpose of this section the expression "the Force" includes all bodies established or raised for police duties under the provisions of this Act.
(1) A Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may, with the approval of the Inspector-General, employ persons to serve temporarily as extra police officers of or below the rank of Sergeant Major.
(2) An extra police officer shall be deemed to be under engagement to serve from month to month, every such engagement being held to commence on the first and to be terminable on the last day of each successive month.
(3) An extra police officer may be discharged or may resign on being given or giving, by or to the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer one month's notice in writing.
(4) An extra police officer shall have and may exercise all the powers and privileges of, and shall be subject to the same authority and discipline as, a member of the Force of corresponding rank, and shall obey all lawful directions in respect of the execution of his duties which he may from time to time receive from his superior officers.
(1) A Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may, with the approval of the Inspector-General, on the application of any person (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the applicant") for a constable to be employed on special duties, engage any suitable person as a watch constable for the purposes of such special duties only. Such watch constable shall be employed at the expense of the applicant, who shall provide such accommodation and sustenance for such watch constable as the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may require, and may also be required to pay for any uniform supplied to such watch constable or such proportion thereof as the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may determine:
Provided that the applicant may, on giving one month's notice to the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer, require that such watch constable be withdrawn from such special duties, and, in such case, such applicant shall not be liable for any expense in co
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on a request in that behalf being made by a Government of a territory outside Malaysia, by order direct such part of the Royal Malaysia Police as to him seems expedient to carry out police duties in such territory and he shall in such order specify the purposes for which such direction is made.
(2) No order under this section shall be made unless the Yang di- Pertuan Agong is satisfied that adequate provisions have been or will immediately be made in the law of that territory aforesaid:
(a) for enforcing in that territory any contract of service entered into between members of the Royal Malaysia Police and the Government of Malaysia;
(b) for giving police officers of the Royal Malaysia Police serving in that territory under this section the powers and duties of police officers in that territory; and
(c) to ensure that there is accorded to the Gove
11 PART V SERVICE OUTSIDE MALAYSIA AND SERVICE OF POLICE OF OTHER TERRITORIES IN MALAYSIA-11. Officers serving outside Malaysia shall be subject to this Act.
All police officers serving in a territory outside Malaysia pursuant to section 10(1) shall be subject to this Act.
12 PART V SERVICE OUTSIDE MALAYSIA AND SERVICE OF POLICE OF OTHER TERRITORIES IN MALAYSIA-12. Reciprocal treatment.
(1) Whenever at the request of the Government of Malaysia and in pursuance of an order made by the Government of another territory members of the police force of that territory are sent to Malaysia to carry out police duties in Malaysia, such members shall subject to subsection (3) be under the orders of their own senior officers present with them and shall be subject to the same regulations as when on service in such territory.
(2) Whenever any member of the police force of another territory is, pursuant to subsection (1), present in Malaysia any contract of service made between any member of such body and the Government of such territory may be enforced in Malaysia in the same manner and with the like effect as if such contract had been made between such member and the Government of Malaysia.
(3) Any member of the police force of another territory present in Malaysia as aforesaid shall have and may exercise the powers, and shall be li
13 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-13. Declaration by police officer on appointment.
Every police officer and extra police officer shall, on first joining the Force or before entering on the duties of his office, make before a senior police officer of or above the rank of Superintendent the declaration set out in the Second Schedule in such manner as he may declare to be most binding on his conscience.
14 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-14. Certificate of appointment.
A certificate of appointment, in such form as may be prescribed by Police Regulations, signed by a Commanding Officer or a senior police officer authorised by him in that behalf, shall be issued to every police officer, extra police officer and watch constable and shall be evidence of his appointment under this Act.
15 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-15. Retirement or resignation in time of war or emergency.
No police officer may retire or resign from the Force during war or whilst a Proclamation of Emergency is in force:
Provided that a police officer may be retired or allowed to resign if so recommended by the Inspector-General.
16 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-16. Resignation while pending disciplinary proceedings.
Notwithstanding section 15, no police officer shall, without the permission in writing of the Inspector-General, resign from the Force during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings or prosecution instituted against him in respect of any offence of which he may be accused.
17 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-17. Arms, accoutrements, etc., to be delivered up on ceasing to belong to the Force.
(1) When a police officer ceases to be a member of the Force he shall forthwith deliver to the person appointed by the Inspector- General for that purpose, or to the police officer in charge of any part of the Force at the place at which he was last stationed, his certificate of appointment and all arms, ammunition, accoutrements, uniform and other equipment which have been supplied to him and which are public property:
Provided that the Inspector-General may, subject to any Rules made under this Act, in special cases authorise the retention of specific articles, other than arms and ammunition, on such conditions as may be prescribed by Standing Orders.
(2) Any police officer who having ceased to be a member of the Force, without good cause fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both
18 PART VI APPOINTMENT, SERVICE, ETC.-18. Police officers subject to provisions applicable to public officers.
Save as otherwise provided in this Act and in the Rules and Police Regulations made thereunder, every police officer shall unless expressly excluded be subject to the same provisions as are applicable to other public officers of corresponding status in the service of the Government of Malaysia.
19 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-19. Police officer to be deemed on duty.
Every police officer, extra police officer and watch constable shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be always on duty when required to act as such and shall perform the duties and exercise the powers granted to him under this Act or any other law at any place in Malaysia where he may be doing duty.
20 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-20. General duties of police officers.
(1) Every police officer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as are by law imposed or conferred upon a police officer, and shall obey all lawful directions in respect of the execution of his office which he may from time to time receive from his superior officers in the Force.
(2) Where any duty, power or discretion is imposed or conferred by or under this Act or any other law on a police officer of any specified rank or holding any specified office, such police officer shall, in the performance of such duty or the exercise of such power or discretion, be subject to the orders and directions of any police officer to whom he is directly subordinate, and any such last mentioned police officer, if the occasion arises and he deems it expedient so to do, shall himself perform any such duty or exercise any such power or discretion.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the force-going provisions or any other law, it shall
21 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-21. Duty on public roads.
(1) It shall be the duty of police officers:
(a) to regulate, control and divert any traffic;
(b) to keep order on public roads, streets, thoroughfares and landing places, and at other places of public resort and places to which the public have access;
[Am. by Act A1705/2024]
(c) to prevent obstruction on the occasions of assemblies on public roads and streets, and in any case, when any road, street, thoroughfare, landing place or ferry may be thronged or liable to be obstructed; and
[Am. by Act A1705/2024]
(d) to conduct any escort duty.
[(d) Ins. by Act A1705/2024]
[Am. Act A1421:s.2]
(2) Any person who obstructs, opposes or disobeys any reasonable direction given by any police officer in the performance of his duties under thi
22 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-22. Unclaimed property.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), it shall be the duty of every police officer to take charge of unclaimed movable property which is handed by any person to, or found by, him; and he shall deliver such property to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, who shall cause to be posted in some conspicuous place at the police station a notice specifying such property and calling upon any person who may have any claim thereto within two months from the date of such notice to appear and establish his claim.
(2) If the property aforesaid is of a perishable nature the officer in charge may cause it to be sold forthwith and shall forward to the Officer in Charge of the Police District the proceeds of such sale; and such proceeds shall, after the deduction of any expenses reasonably incurred, be paid to the person who within the period specified in subsection (1) establishes his claim thereto.
(3) Any property aforesaid which is not clai
23 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-23. Unclaimed estates.
(1) Whenever any person dies leaving in Malaysia movable property which by reason of the absence of any person entitled thereto or the absence of any claim to such property for the purpose of administration, is taken charge of by a police officer for the purpose of safe custody, the Commanding Officer shall forthwith notify the Official Administrator, Probate Officer or Administrator in the State wherein the property is situated that it is in his charge; and pending the directions of the Official Administrator, Probate Officer or Administrator, the Commanding Officer shall retain the property in safe custody.
(2) In the case of property which is of a perishable nature or likely to deteriorate in value, a Commanding Officer or any officer authorised by him in writing may order it to be sold and the proceeds of such sale shall be handed to the Official Administrator, Probate Officer or Administrator.
24 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-24. Power of police officers to inspect licences, vehicles, etc.
(1) Any police officer may:
(a) stop and detain any person:
(i) whom he sees doing any act or who is in possession of any thing; or
(ii) whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting is doing any act or is in possession of any thing;
for which a licence, permit or authority is required under the provisions of any law in force, for the purpose of requiring such person to produce such licence, permit or authority;
(b) stop and search without warrant any vehicle or vessel which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting is being used in the commission of any offence against any law in force:
Provided that such vehicle or vessel shall not, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), be detained longer than is reasonably necessary to complete such search.
(2) Any person who fails to produce a licence, permit or authority under subse
25 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-25. Power to detain and search aircraft.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any senior police officer may at any aerodrome or at any other place in Malaysia detain and without warrant search any aircraft not being an aircraft belonging to, or exclusively employed in the service of, the Government or of any foreign State); and in relation to any such aircraft which is in motion at any aerodrome or at any other place in, or is in flight over, Malaysia, a senior police officer may, subject as aforesaid, order such aircraft to stop or to land at any aerodrome or other place specified by him.
(2) The power conferred on a senior police officer under subsection (1) shall not be exercised by him except:
(a) where he has reasonable grounds to believe that the aircraft mentioned in that subsection is being or has been used in the commission of a seizable offence; or
(b) for the purpose of arresting any person reasonably suspected of having committed a
26 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-26. Power to erect road barriers.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, any police officer may, if he considers it necessary so to do for the maintenance and preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of crime, erect or place or cause to be erected or placed any barriers on or across any public road or street or in any public place in such manner as he may think fit; and any police officer may take all reasonable steps to prevent any person from passing or any vehicle from being driven past any such barrier.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with any reasonable signal of a police officer requiring such person or vehicle to stop before reaching any such barrier shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both such fine and imprisonment; and any police officer may, without warrant, arrest such person unless he gives his name
27 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-27. [Deleted].
(Deleted by Act A1421)
27A PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-27A. [Deleted].
(Deleted by Act A1421)
27B PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-27B. [Deleted].
(Deleted by Act A1421)
27C PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-27C. [Deleted].
(Deleted by Act A1421)
28 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-28. Power to regulate the playing of music in public places.
Any Officer-in-Charge of a Police District or a senior police officer in that District may, in such manner as he may deem fit, regulate the extent to which musical instruments may be played in public places in such Police District.
29 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-29. Power to make rules and orders for the control of traffic.
(1) A Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer may in respect of a State, with the approval of the Mentri Besar or the Chief Minister of that State, as the case may be, make rules for:
(a) keeping order and preventing obstruction or inconvenience on public roads, streets, thoroughfares, landing places and ferries and at public places and at places of public resort (whether such places are on State land or otherwise);
(b) prohibiting the use of specified public roads, streets, thoroughfares, landing places and ferries either absolutely or conditionally.
(2) A Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer may make orders prescribing the routes by which vehicles shall, for the purpose of setting down and taking up persons, drive up to and leave any landing place, ferry or place of assembly or of public resort, and the places where and the order in which such vehicles shall wait for the purposes a
30 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-30. Power to make orders for the control of display of flags, etc.
(1) A Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer may, by order, generally or in respect of specified times or places or in specified circumstances, prohibit in the State:
(a) the flying, exhibition or display of any flag, banner, emblem or placard or other devices;
(b) the use of any loud speakers, amplifiers or other appliances;
in a manner likely to excite a disturbance of the peace; and any police officer may remove any flag, banner, emblem, placard or other device or any loud speaker, amplifier, or other appliance flying, exhibited, displayed or used in contravention of the said order or in circumstances likely to excite a disturbance of the peace.
(2) Any person who contravenes an order made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
31 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-31. Power to make orders to require persons to remain indoors.
(1) A Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer may, if he considers it necessary in the interest of the security of Malaysia or any part thereof or public order, by order require, subject to such conditions or exemptions as he may deem expedient, every person within such area of his jurisdiction as may be prescribed in the order to remain within doors between such hours as may be specified therein; and the Commissioner or the Chief Police Officer shall in such manner as he deems fit bring or cause to be brought to the notice of all persons likely to be affected thereby the contents of such order.
(2) A person remaining out of doors during the hours specified in the order shall be guilty of an offence under this Act unless such person possesses a written permit in that behalf from:
(a) the Commissioner or the Chief Police Officer aforesaid;
(b) a police officer not below the rank of Sub Inspector dire
32 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-32. Non-liability for act done under authority of warrant.
(1) Where the defence to any suit instituted against a police officer, an extra police officer, volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by any competent authority, the court shall, upon production of the warrant containing the signature of such authority and upon proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to such warrant, enter judgment in favour of such police officer, extra police officer, volunteer reserve police officer or auxiliary police officer.
(2) No proof of the signature of such authority shall be required unless the court has reason to doubt the genuineness thereof; and where it is proved that such signature is not genuine, judgment shall nevertheless be given in favour of such police officer or extra police officer if it is proved that, at the time when the act complained of was committed, he believed on reas
33 PART VII DUTIES AND POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS-33. Exemption in respect of civil process.
(1) Subject to subsection (2):
(a) the pay and allowances of a junior police officer or constable shall not be assignable or transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for, or in respect of, any debt or claim whatsoever;
(aa) a debt due to the Public Sector Home Financing Board established under the Public Sector Home Financing Board Act 2015 [Act 767] in respect of a public sector home financing facility granted by the Board;
[(aa) Ins. Act A1495:s.2]
(b) no junior police officer or constable shall be liable to be imprisoned under an order of any court by reason of non-payment of any debt which he may have incurred or for which he may become liable.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to:
(a) a debt due to any Government in the Federation;
(b) a fine imposed under any
34 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-34. Establishment of Volunteer Reserve.
(1) There shall be established in and for Malaysia a body to be known as the Royal Malaysia Police Volunteer Reserve (hereinafter referred to as "the Volunteer Reserve") which shall consist of such number of senior volunteer reserve police officers, junior volunteer reserve police officers and volunteer reserve constables as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may from time to time sanction.
(2) For the purpose of this Part the expression "volunteer reserve police officer" means any member of the Volunteer Reserve.
35 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-35. Members of the Volunteer Reserve.
Any person (not being a member of the Armed Forces of Malaysia or any Force established under any written law) not below the age of eighteen or over the age of fifty years, and is in possession of such qualifications as may be prescribed may volunteer and be accepted for appointment in the Volunteer Reserve.
36 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-36. Appointment of volunteer reserve police officers, etc.
(1) Senior volunteer reserve police officers of and above the rank of Assistant Superintendent may be appointed, promoted or dismissed by the Inspector-General, with the concurrence of the Minister, on behalf of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
(2) Senior volunteer reserve police officers of and below the rank of Chief Inspector may be appointed, promoted or dismissed by the Inspector-General.
(3) Junior volunteer reserve police officers and volunteer reserve constables may be appointed, promoted or dismissed by a Commanding Officer.
(4) The appointment, promotion, resignation, discharge or dismissal of every senior volunteer reserve police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent shall be published in the Federal Gazette .
37 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-37. Ranks of volunteers appointed into the Volunteer Reserve.
Persons appointed into the Volunteer Reserve may hold the rank of senior volunteer reserve police officers, junior volunteer reserve police officers or volunteer reserve constables, as the case may be, according to their qualifications.
38 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-38. Volunteer reserve officers may be required to resign.
A volunteer reserved police officer may be required to resign by the appointing authority if it appears to him that such officer is for any reason unable to discharge efficiently the duties which he is or may be called upon to perform as a member of the Volunteer Reserve.
39 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-39. Declaration by volunteer reserve police officers.
Every volunteer reserve police officer shall, before assuming the duties of his office, make before a senior police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent in such manner as he may declare to be most binding on his conscience the declaration set out in the Second Schedule.
40 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-40. Certificate of appointment.
A certificate of appointment, in such form as may be prescribed, shall be issued to every volunteer reserve police officer and shall be evidence of his appointment under this Act.
41 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-41. Resignation.
A volunteer reserve police officer may resign from the Volunteer Reserve by giving one month's notice in writing to a Commanding Officer:
Provided that when the Volunteer Reserve or any part thereof is mobilised, a volunteer reserve police officer shall not resign unless expressly authorised in writing so to do by a Commanding Officer.
42 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-42. Pay and allowances.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a volunteer reserve police officer shall serve voluntarily and shall not be entitled to claim any remuneration for his services, save for such allowances as may be prescribed.
(2) When mobilised, a volunteer reserve police officer shall receive such pay and allowances as may be prescribed for a police officer of corresponding rank and seniority in such rank.
43 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-43. Mobilisation of the Volunteer Reserve.
(1) For any purpose connected with the peace and good order of Malaysia or any part thereof the Inspector-General may, with the prior approval of the Minister, mobiles for police duties the Volunteer Reserve or any part thereof; and such mobilisation shall not cease to have effect until otherwise provided by an order made by the Inspector-General with the prior approval of the Minister.
(2) Every volunteer reserve police officer mobilised under subsection (1) shall assemble at such place as the Inspector-General shall direct.
(3) A volunteer reserve police officer mobilised under subsection (1) who without reasonable cause, the onus of proof of which shall rest with him, refuses or neglects to serve shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
44 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-44. Inspector-General may employ volunteer reserve police officers on police duty.
When the Volunteer Reserve is not mobilised, the Inspector-General may employ a volunteer reserve police officer on such police duties as he may direct.
45 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-45. Power of volunteer reserve police officers.
A volunteer reserve police officer when performing police duties shall have the same powers and duties and the same protection and immunities and shall be subject to the same authority and discipline as a police officer of corresponding rank.
46 PART VIII ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE-46. Reinstatement in civilian employment.
(1) It shall be the duty of the employer by whom any volunteer reserve police officer was employed for a period of at least three months immediately preceding the day on which such officer was mobilised under this Part to re-employ him on the completion of active service pursuant to such mobilisation including any leave earned by such service in an occupation and under conditions not less favourable than those which would have been applicable to him had he not been mobilised.
(2) Any employer failing to re-employ any volunteer reserve police officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall subject as hereinafter provided, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment:
Provided that in any proceeding under this subsection it shall be a defence for the employer to show that the volunteer reserve police of
47 PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE-47. Appointment of auxiliary police officers.
(1) The Inspector-General may, with the concurrence of the Minister, appoint or promote any person to serve in the Auxiliary Police as a senior auxiliary police officer with the honorary rank of Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Inspector, and may prescribe the area in which he shall serve.
(2) A Commanding Officer or any police officer authorised by him in that behalf, may, with or without written engagement, appoint or promote any person to serve in the Auxiliary Police as a junior auxiliary police officer with the honorary rank of sub-inspector, sergeant-major, sergeant or corporal or as an auxiliary police constable, and may prescribe the area in which he shall serve.
(3) For the purpose of this Part the expression "auxiliary police officer" means any member of the Auxiliary Police.
48 PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE-48. Declaration to be taken by auxiliary police officers.
Every auxiliary police officer shall, before entering on the duties of his office, make before a senior police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent the declaration set out in the Second Schedule in such manner as he may declare to be most binding on his conscience.
49 PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE-49. Certificate of appointment.
A certificate of appointment in such form as may be prescribed by Police Regulations, signed by a senior police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent authorised in that behalf by a Commanding Officer, shall be issued to every auxiliary police officer and shall be evidence of his appointment under this Act.
49A PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE-49A. Pay and allowances.
An auxiliary police officer shall serve voluntarily and shall not be entitled to any remuneration for such service, save for such allowances as may be prescribed by the Minister from time to time in relation to specific duties.
50 PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE-50. Duties and powers, etc.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may by rules or regulations prescribe the duties, powers and privileges of an auxiliary police officer and the area within which such duties, powers and privileges may be exercised or enjoyed by such officer.
51 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-51. Royal Malaysia Police Reserve.
(1) There shall be established a Royal Malaysia Police Reserve (hereinafter referred to as "the Reserve").
(2) The Reserve shall consist of such police officers who become members of the Reserve under the provisions of this Part.
52 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-52. Liability to serve in the Reserve.
(1) Every retired police officer shall be a member of the Reserve if he is appointed as a police officer on or after the coming into force of the Act and he is a citizen at the time of his retirement.
(2) This section shall not apply to any police officer who has been retired on grounds of ill health or physical or other disability.
53 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-53. Retired police officers not liable to serve may opt to serve.
(1) Notwithstanding section 52 a police officer who is not liable to serve in the Reserve on the grounds that his appointment to the Force was before the date referred to in that section may be enrolled as a member of the Reserve:
Provided that no police officer shall be enrolled as a member of the Reserve if he has been on retirement for a period of ten years or has attained the age of five years greater than the age for compulsory retirement, whichever is the earlier.
(2) The following sections of this Part shall apply to a police officer enrolled as a member of the Reserve under this section as they apply to a police officer liable to serve in the Reserve.
54 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-54. Period of service in the Reserve.
Every member of the Reserve (hereinafter referred to as "a reserve police officer") shall, subject to the provisions of sections 62, 63 and 64, serve in the Reserve for a period of ten years from the date of his retirement or until he reaches an age five years greater than the age for compulsory retirement, whichever is the earlier.
55 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-55. Mobilisation of the Reserve.
(1) The Reserve or any part thereof may be mobilised by an order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at any time when the security of Malaysia is threatened or when a Proclamation of Emergency is issued.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect any reserve police officer who is a Member of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of a State or who holds a salaried appointment in the Government of Malaysia or of any State, for so long as he is such a Member or holds such appointment.
56 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-56. Reservists to report.
Every reserve police officer mobilised under section 55 shall report in person at such place and at such time as the Inspector-General or an officer duly authorised by him may order.
57 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-57. Powers of police officers when mobilised.
A reserve police officer when mobilised shall have the same powers and duties and the same protection and immunities as a police officer of corresponding rank and shall be subject in all respects to this Act, and of any rules, regulations and standing orders made thereunder.
58 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-58. Rank in the Reserve.
A reserve police officer shall not be required to serve in the Reserve in a rank lower than that held by him on retirement.
59 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-59. Pay and allowance.
The pay and allowance of a reserve police officer who is mobilised to serve in the Force shall be the pay and allowance which may from time to time be prescribed for an officer who has been granted a pension under any law relating to pensions and who is re-employed in the public service.
60 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-60. Leave.
A reserve police officer shall, during the period he is mobilised, earn full pay leave at the same rate as a police officer of corresponding rank.
61 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-61. Retention of pension.
A reserve police officer shall during the period he is mobilised continue to draw the full pension to which he is entitled, but the period during which he is so mobilised shall not be treated as pensionable service.
62 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-62. Release from the Reserve.
A reserve police officer may be released from the Reserve:
(a) if he takes up permanent residence outside Malaysia; or
(b) if he is certified by a Government Medical Officer to be permanently unfit for duty.
63 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-63. Discharge from the Reserve and appeal.
(1) A reserve police officer who by his conduct has shown himself unsuitable for further service may be dismissed, and any reserve police officer whose services are for any reason no longer required may be discharged, from the Reserve by the Inspector- General:
Provided that reserve police officer who has been mobilised for service under section 55 shall not be dismissed or discharged except by the Police Force Commission.
(2) Any reserve police officer who is aggrieved by his dismissal or discharge (except where the dismissal or discharge is by the Police Force Commission) may appeal to the Minister against such dismissal or discharge; and the decision of the Minister thereon shall be final.
64 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-64. Termination of service during mobilisation.
Notwithstanding sections 15 and 54 but subject to section 62 every reserve police officer shall during any period of emergency or war continue to serve in the Reserve:
(a) for so long as the emergency or war lasts;
(b) until he has completed his fifteenth year of retirement from the Force; or
(c) until he has attained the age of sixty-five years,
whichever of the events mentioned is the earliest.
65 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-65. Uniform and equipment.
(1) A reserve police officer shall retain in his possession and maintain in good order such articles of uniform and equipment as may be prescribed; and such articles of uniform and equipment shall not be worn save when the said Reserve is mobilised or on special occasions for which specific permission is granted by the Inspector-General.
(2) Section 17(1) and (2) shall apply to a reserve police officer on his ceasing to be a member of the Reserve.
66 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-66. Reinstatement in civilian employment of police officers in Reserve.
(1) It shall be the duty of the employer by whom any reserve police officer was employed for a period of at least three months immediately preceding the day on which such officer was mobilised under this Part to re-employ him on the completion of active service pursuant to such mobilisation including any leave earned by such service in an occupation and under conditions not less favourable than those which would have been applicable to him had he not been so mobilised.
(2) Any employer failing to re-employ any reserve police officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both:
[Am. by Act A1705/2024]
Provided that in any proceeding under this subsection it shall be a defence for the employer to show that the reserve police of
67 PART X ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE RESERVE-67. Penalty.
A reserve police officer mobilised under the provisions of section 55 who without reasonable cause, the onus of proof of which shall rest on him, fails to report at the place and at the time specified in an order made under section 56, properly uniformed and equipped to the scale prescribed, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to both.
68 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-68. Establishment of Cadet Corps.
(1) There shall be established in and for any area in Malaysia as the Minister may by order declare, a body to be known as Royal Malaysia Police Cadet Corps (hereinafter referred to as "the Cadet Corps") which shall consist of such number of senior Cadet Corps officers, junior Cadet Corps officers and cadets as may from time to time be sanctioned by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
(2) The Cadet Corps shall be organised in such divisions, sub-divisions and units as may from time to time be prescribed.
(3) The Cadet Corps shall be affiliated to the Force but members of the Cadet Corps shall not be police officers within the meaning of this Act.
69 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-69. Members of the Cadet Corps.
(1) Any person (not being a member of the Armed Forces of Malaysia or any force established under any written law), not below the age of twenty-one or above the age of fifty years, who is in possession of such qualifications as may be prescribed, may offer himself and may be accepted for appointment as a senior Cadet Corps officer.
(2) Any person, who is undergoing full time education in such school as may be prescribed by the Minister, may enrol and be accepted in the Cadet Corps as a cadet.
70 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-70. Appointment, promotion and dismissal of Cadet Officers and Cadets.
(1) Cadet officers may be appointed to the rank of senior Cadet Corps or junior Cadet Corps officers, as the case may be according to their qualifications.
(2) Senior Cadet Corps officers of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent may with the concurrence of the Minister be appointed, promoted or dismissed by the Inspector-General.
(3) Senior Cadet Corps officers of or below the rank of Chief Inspector may be appointed, promoted or dismissed by the Inspector-General.
(4) Junior Cadet Corps officers and cadets may be appointed, promoted or dismissed by a Commanding Officer:
Provided that the person empowered to appoint any cadet officer or cadet under this section shall have the power to require the said cadet officer or cadet to resign if it appears to such person that the cadet officer or cadet is for any reason unable to discharge efficiently the duties which he is or may be called upon to perform as a cadet offi
71 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-71. Resignation.
Any member of the Cadet Corps may resign from the Cadet Corps on giving to a Commanding Officer one month's notice in writing.
72 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-72. Pay and allowances.
A member of the Cadet Corps shall serve voluntarily and shall not be entitled to any remuneration for such service save for such allowances as may be prescribed.
73 PART XI ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE CADET CORPS-73. Disbandment.
Whenever it may appear to him to be expedient so to do, the Minister may, with the approval of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, disband or discontinue the Cadet Corps or any part thereof.
74 PART XII DISCIPLINE-74. Police officers subject to disciplinary regulations.
All members of the Force shall be subject to the provisions of regulations relating to discipline as may from time to time be made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Article 132(2) of the Federal Constitution or under section 96 of this Act.
74A PART XII DISCIPLINE-74A. Power to investigate offences against discipline.
(1) Any police officer not below the rank of Sergeant shall have power to conduct an investigation into any offence against discipline under this Act.
(2) The police officer conducting an investigation under subsection (1) may-
(a) gather any evidence and examine any person that he considers necessary;
(b) require any person to attend before him to give evidence or produce any document or other things in his possession; or
(c) take any action as may be necessary to obtain further clarification on matters relating to the offences against discipline under his investigation.
[Ins. by Act A1705/2024]
75 PART XII DISCIPLINE-75. Fines to be recovered by stoppage from pay.
All fines imposed by or under the authority of the Disciplinary Authority in respect of offences against discipline shall be recovered by stoppage from the pay, less allowances and trade pay, due, or to become due, to the offender:
Provided that such stoppage shall not in any case exceed one seventh of the monthly pay, less allowances and trade pay, of the offender, and, if more than one order of stoppage of pay is in force at one time against the offender, so much only of his pay shall be stopped as shall leave him at least three-quarters of such pay, not including allowances and trade pay.
76 PART XII DISCIPLINE-76. Full pay not to accrue during absence without leave or imprisonment.
No pay or allowance, including trade pay but excluding rent allowance shall accrue to any police officer in respect of any period during which he is absent from duty without leave or good cause, or is undergoing any sentence of imprisonment:
Provided that the Disciplinary Authority may, in its discretion, authorise the payment of such proportion of pay, allowances and trade pay, not being more than one half, as it may think fit.
77 PART XII DISCIPLINE-77. Loss of or damage to arms, equipment, etc., to be made good by.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, if any police officer pawns, sells, loses by neglect, makes away with or wilfully or negligently damages any firearms, ammunition, accoutrement, uniform or other article being property entrusted to or lawfully in the possession of the Force and supplied to him, or any property committed to his charge in the course of his duty, or any property seized or taken charge of by him in the course of his duty, he may, in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty, be ordered to make good, either wholly or partially, the value of such property or the amount of such loss or damage, as the case may be, and such value or such amount may be recovered by stoppage from his pay, including allowances, other than rent allowance and trade pay.
78 PART XII DISCIPLINE-78. Interdiction from duty.
(1) If it deems necessary in the public interest that a police officer should cease to exercise the powers and functions of his office instantly, the Disciplinary Authority may interdict from duty such police officer, pending any enquiry into the conduct of such police officer under the provisions of this Act or of any Police Regulations made thereunder or of any regulation or order applicable to other officers of corresponding status in the public service.
(2) The powers, privileges and benefits vested in a police officer interdicted under subsection (1) shall during his interdiction be in abeyance:
Provided that such police officer shall continue to be subject to the same authority and discipline as if he had not been interdicted and he shall not by reason only of such interdiction cease to be a police officer.
(3) During any period in which a police officer is under interdiction awaiting trial or disciplinary proceeding resul
79 PART XII DISCIPLINE-79. Departmental Committee of Enquiry into the death or injury of any police officer or into loss or damage of property.
(1) A Commanding Officer may convene a Committee of Enquiry to enquire into the death or injury of any police officer or into the loss of or damage to any property entrusted to or lawfully in the possession of the Force. Such Committee of Enquiry shall consist of a President, who shall be a senior police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent, and one or more members, as the Commanding Officer may direct.
(2) A Committee of Enquiry convened under subsection (1) to enquire into the death or injury of a police officer shall be empowered to make findings and recommendations and follows:
(a) whether the deceased or injured person was on duty at the time of such death or injury;
(b) whether the death or injury was directly attributable to the nature of the duty on which the deceased or injured person was engaged;
(c) whether the death or injury was due to the default of
80 PART XII DISCIPLINE-80. Power of senior police officer holding enquiry to summon witnesses.
(1) A senior police officer authorised to make an enquiry into an offence against discipline and the President of any Committee of Enquiry convened under the provisions of section 79 may apply to a Magistrate for a summons to secure the attendance before such police officer, as a witness, of any person who appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case. Thereupon the Magistrate may issue a summons accordingly and the witness shall be bound to answer truly all questions relating to such case as may be put to him by such police officer, and shall produce all documents relevant to such case.
(2) Any person summoned as a witness under subsection (1) who fails to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons or on adjournment, or refuses to answer any question that is lawfully put to him or to produce any such document which it is in his power to produce, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable to a fine
81 PART XIII POLICE FUND-81. Police Fund.
(1) There shall be established a fund to be known as the Police Fund which shall be operated as a Trust Account within the Federal Consolidated Fund.
(2) The Police Fund (in this Part referred to as "the Fund") shall consist of:
(a) fines inflicted on police officers in any disciplinary proceedings;
(b) one-half of the sums paid for extra or special services of police officers;
(c) all sums of monies and other property offered to police officers and forfeited by an order of court;
(d) any sums paid to the Fund under the provisions of section 22;
(e) donations or rewards offered to the Fund or to individual members of the Force respectively and accepted by the Inspector-General; and
(f) income arising from disposal of property purchased or arising from investments from the monies of the Fund.
82 PART XIII POLICE FUND-82. Police Fund and purposes of Fund.
(1) The Fund shall be controlled by the Inspector-General subject to any rules or regulations made under this Act.
(2) The Fund shall be applied for the purpose of:
(a) rewarding police officers for extra or special services rendered by them;
(b) procuring for police officers who are serving or who have retired or have been discharged on pension, gratuity or allowance such comforts, conveniences or other amenities or advantages not chargeable to public revenue; and
(c) granting loans on terms prescribed by the rules to police officers who are serving or have retired or had been discharged on pension or gratuity or to the dependants of deceased police officers.
83 PART XIII POLICE FUND-83. Transfer of funds.
All monies and other assets or properties if any comprised in or held under or on behalf of any police fund constituted or established under any law repealed by this Act including any interest accrued thereon if any immediately before the commencement of this Act shall upon the commencement of this Act be deemed to be transferred to and shall form part of the Fund established under this Part.
84 PART XIII POLICE FUND-84. Interpretation.
In this Part the expression "police officer" includes an extra police officer, a member of the Police Reserve, the Police Volunteer Reserve and the Auxiliary Police and any member of the police force of any territory present in the Federation under the provisions of this Act.
85 PART XIV GENERAL-85. Carrying of arms.
A police officer may in the performance of his duties carry arms.
86 PART XIV GENERAL-86. Desertion.
(1) Any police officer who, without reasonable cause, the onus of proof whereof shall rest with him, absents himself from duty for a continuous period of fourteen days or in circumstances which show that he has the intention of not returning to his duty shall be deemed to have deserted, and shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months.
[Am. by Act A1705/2024]
(2) Where a person has been convicted under this section, the Disciplinary Authority may direct that all arrears of pay due to such person be forfeited.
(3) In subsection (1) the expression "police officer" includes an extra police officer, a member of the Police Reserve and Police Volunteer Reserve when mobilised under this Act and any member of the police force of another territory present in Malaysia under this Act.
87 PART XIV GENERAL-87. Mutiny.
Any police officer who causes, incites, or joins in any mutiny or disaffection in the Force or conspires with any other person to cause such mutiny or disaffection, or does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress any such mutiny or disaffection or, having knowledge of any mutiny or disaffection or intended mutiny or disaffection, does not, without delay, give information thereof to the police officer to whom he is subordinate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
88 PART XIV GENERAL-88. Penalty for causing disaffection.
(1) Any person who causes or attempts to cause or does any act calculated to cause disaffection amongst the members of the Force or induces or attempts to induce any such member to withhold his services or to commit a breach of discipline shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to both such fine and imprisonment. Any senior police officer may, without warrant, arrest any person who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under this section.
(2) In section 87 and this section the expression "police officer" includes all persons appointed or engaged for police duties under this Act and any member of the police force of another territory present in the Federation under the provisions of this Act; and the expression "the Force" includes all bodies established or raised for police duties under the provisions of
89 PART XIV GENERAL-89. Unlawful possession, manufacture, sale or supply of articles supplied to police officers and unauthorised use of police uniform.
Any person, not being a police officer, who:
(a) is found in possession of any article which has been supplied to any police officer for the execution of his duty, or any medal or decoration granted to any police officer for gallantry, service or good conduct, and who fails to account satisfactorily for his possession thereof, or who, without lawful authority, purchases or receives any such article, medal or decoration or who aids or abets any police officer in selling or disposing of any such article, medal or decoration;
(b) without lawful authority, manufactures, sells or supplies, or offers to sell or supply, a reasonable facsimile of any badge or device used to indicate that a person is a member of the Force or of any body established or raised for police duties under this Act, or a reasonable facsimile of any badge or device used to indicate the rank of a member of the Force or of a member of any bod
90 PART XIV GENERAL-90. Disorderly conduct in police station.
Any person who, in a police station, behaves in a riotous, indecent, disorderly or insulting manner shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
91 PART XIV GENERAL-91. Police officer may arrest without warrant for offences under sections 31(2), 86, 87, 89 and 90.
Any police officer may, without warrant, arrest any person who contravenes or who is reasonably suspected of having committed any offence under the provisions of sections 31(2), 86, 87, 89 and 90.
92 PART XIV GENERAL-92. Police officer not to be member of Trade Union.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, any police officer who, subject to this Act, becomes or after the expiration of one month from the coming into force of this Act remains a member of any trade union, or of any association with political objects, or any political party shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) For the purpose of this section any question whether any body is a trade union or association to which this section applies shall be determined by the Minister.
(3) In this section the expression "police officer" includes an extra police officer and any member of the police force of another territory present in Malaysia under this Act.
93 PART XIV GENERAL-93. Police Associations.
For the purpose of enabling police officers to consider and bring to the notice of the Government all matters affecting their welfare and efficiency, including pay, pensions and conditions of service, other than questions of promotion affecting individuals and of discipline, there may be established one or more associations which shall operate and be administered in accordance with rules. Any such association and any branch thereof shall be entirely independent of and unassociated with any body or person outside the Force, and shall be exempt from the provisions of any law relating to the registration of societies.
94 PART XIV GENERAL-94. General penalty.
Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is expressly provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both:
[Am. by Act A1705/2024]
95 PART XIV GENERAL-95. Rules.
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may made rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may make rules relating to all or any of the following matters:
(a) the classification and seniority of the various grades, ranks and appointments in the Force and in all other bodies established or raised for police duties under this Act;
(b) the grant in special cases of honorary rank to any person and the occasions on which such person may wear the uniform of such honorary rank;
(c) the payment of pensions and gratuities, pay and allowances and compensation of members of the Force and of members of all other bodies established or raised for police duties under this Act;
(d) the administration of the Police Fund;
(e) all matter
96 PART XIV GENERAL-96. Police Regulations.
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may make regulations to be called "Police Regulations" not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may make Police Regulations, relating to all or any of the following matters:
(a) promotions and reductions in rank;
(b) discipline, including the definition of disciplinary offences, disciplinary procedure and the regulation and carrying out of punishment;
(c) promotion and proficiency examination;
(d) the description and issue of arms, ammunition, accoutrements, uniforms and necessaries to be supplied to members of the Force and to members of all other bodies established or raised for police duties under this Act;
(e) leave of absence;
(f) the fees to be charged to members of the public or statuto
97 PART XIV GENERAL-97. Standing Orders.
The Inspector-General may issue administrative orders, to be called "Standing Orders", not inconsistent with this Act or of rules or Police Regulations made thereunder, for the general control, direction and information of the Force and of all bodies established or raised for police duties under this Act.
98 PART XIV GENERAL-98. Repeal and Saving.
The laws specified in the Third Schedule are hereby repealed:
Provided that any rules, regulations or orders made under the provisions of the laws repealed under this section in so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act shall remain in force and continue to have effect until replaced or revoked by rules, regulations or orders made under this Act.
99 PART XIV GENERAL-99. Transitional.
(1) With respect to members of the Force as constituted under this Act, the following provisions shall have effect:
(a) except as provided in paragraph (b) for the purpose of the payment of pensions, gratuities, or other allowances to members of the Force the Pensions Ordinance, 1951, of the States of Malaya and any rules, regulations and orders for the time being in force in the States of Malaya shall apply to such members; and for the purpose of this paragraph the Ordinance, rules, regulations and orders aforesaid shall be extended to the States of Sabah and Sarawak with such modifications as may be necessary to put this paragraph into effect;
(b) members of the Force to whom any other laws relating to pensions, gratuities and other allowances apply immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be governed by the provisions of such laws; and where any such law is repealed by
100 PART XIV GENERAL-100. Modification of other laws.
Any reference in any other laws to ranks provided for or allowed by any law repealed by this Act shall after the commencement of this Act be modified and construed as the equivalent rank provided for or allowed by this Act.
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