Penal Code (Malaysia)

The Penal Code () is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Malaysia. Its official long title is "An Act relating to criminal offences" hroughout Malaysia—31 March 1976, Act A327; P.U. (B) 139/1976 The sole jurisdiction of Parliament of Malaysia is established over criminal law in Malaysia.

Structure

Penal Code of Malaysia, in its current form (4 June 2015), sub-divided into twenty three chapters, comprises five hundred and eleven sections (including 37 amendments). The code starts with an introduction, provides explanations and exceptions used in the code, and covers a wide range of offences.

Chapter I: Preliminary

:1. Short title
:2. Punishment of offences committed within Malaysia
:3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within Malaysia
:4. Extension of Code to extraterritorial offences
:5. Certain laws not to be affected by this Code

Chapter II: General Explanations

:6. Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
:7. Expression once explained is used in the same sense throughout the Code
:8. “Gender”
:9. “Number”
:10. “Man” and “woman”
:11. “Person”
:12. “Public”
:13. (Deleted)
:(There are no ss. 14–16)
:17. “Government”
:(There is no s. 18)
:19. “Judge”
:20. “Court”
:21. “Public servant”
:22. “Movable property”
:23. “Wrongful gain” and “wrongful loss”
:24. “Dishonestly”
:25. “Fraudulently”
:26. “Reason to believe”
:27. “Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant”
:28. “Counterfeit”
:29. “Document”
:30. “Valuable security”
:31. “A will”
:32. Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
:33. “Act” and “omission”
:34. Each of several persons liable for an act done by all, in like manner as if done by him alone
:35. When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
:36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
:37. Cooperation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
:38. Several persons engaged in the commission of a criminal act, may be guilty of different offences
:39. “Voluntarily”
:40. “Offence”
:(There are no ss. 41–42)
:43. “Illegal”, “unlawful” and “legally bound to do”
:44. “Injury”
:45. “Life”
:46. “Death”
:47. “Animal”
:48. “Vessel”
:49. “Year” and “month”
:50. “Section”
:51. “Oath”
:52. “Good faith”
:52A. “Non-serious offence”
:52B. “Serious offence”

Chapter III: Punishments

:53–55. (Deleted)
:(There is no s. 56)
:57. Fractions of terms of punishment
:(There is no s. 58)
:59–60. (Deleted)
:(There are no ss. 61–62)
:63–64. (Deleted)
:(There is no s. 65)
:66–70. (Deleted)
:71. Limit of punishment of offence which is made up of several offences
:72. Punishment of a person found guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
:73–74. (Deleted)
:75. Punishment of persons convicted, after a previous conviction of an offence punishable with three years’ imprisonment
:75A. Punishment of mandatory imprisonment for persons convicted of multiple serious offences

Chapter IV: General Exceptions

:76. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
:77. Act of Judge when acting judicially
:78. Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of a Court
:79. Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified by law
:80. Accident in the doing of a lawful act
:81. Act likely to cause harm but done without a criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
:82. Act of a child under 10 years of age
:83. Act of a child above 10 and under 12 years of age, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding
:84. Act of a person of unsound mind
:85. Intoxication when a defence
:86. Effect of defence of intoxication when established
:87. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
:88. Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for the benefit of a person
:89. Act done in good faith for the benefit of a child or person of unsound mind, by or by consent of guardian
:90. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception and consent of a child or person of unsound mind
:91. Acts which are offences independently of harm caused to the person consenting, are not within the exceptions in sections 87, 88 and 89
:92. Act done in good faith for the benefit of a person without consent
:93. Communication made in good faith
:94. Act to which a person is compelled by threats
:95. Act causing slight harm

;Right of Private Defence
:96. Nothing done in private defence is an offence
:97. Right of private defence of the body and of property
:98. Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind
:99. Acts against which there is no right of private defence
:100. When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
:101. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
:102. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body
:103. When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death
:104. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
:105. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property
:106. Right of private defence against a deadly assault when there is risk of harm to an innocent person

Chapter V: Abetment

:107. Abetment of a thing
:108. Abettor
:108A. Abetment in Malaysia of offences outside Malaysia
:109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
:110. Punishment of abetment if the person abetted does the act with a different intention from that of the abettor
:111. Liability of abettor when one act is abetted and a different act is done
:112. Abettor, when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
:113. Liability of abettor for an offence caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
:114. Abettor present when offence committed
:115. Abetment of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
:116. Abetment of an offence punishable with imprisonment
:117. Abetting the commission of an offence by the public, or by more than ten persons
:118. Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
:119. A public servant concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty to prevent
:120. Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment

Chapter VA: Criminal Conspiracy

:120A. Definition of criminal conspiracy
:120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy

Chapter VI: Offences against the State

:121. Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri
:121A. Offences against the person of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri
:121B. Offences against the authority of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri
:121C. Abetting offences under section 121A or 121B
:121D. Intentional omission to give information of offences against section 121, 121A, 121B or 121C by a person bound to inform
:122. Collecting arms, etc., with the intention of waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri
:123. Concealing with intent to facilitate a design to wage war
:124. Assaulting Member of Parliament, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
:124A. (Deleted)
:124B. Activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124C. Attempt to commit activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124D. Printing, sale, etc., of documents and publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124E. Possession of documents and publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124F. Importation of document and publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124G. Posting of placards, etc.
:124H. Dissemination of information
:124I. Dissemination of false reports
:124J. Receipt of document and publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy
:124K. Sabotage
:124L. Attempt to commit sabotage
:124M. Espionage
:124N. Attempt to commit espionage
:125. Waging war against any power in alliance with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
:125A. Harbouring or attempting to harbour any person in Malaysia or person residing in a foreign State at war or in hostility against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
:126. Committing depredation on the territories of any power at peace with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
:127. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126
:128. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape
:129. Public servant negligently suffering prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape
:130. Aiding escape of, rescuing, or harbouring such prisoner
:130A. Interpretation of this Chapter

Chapter VIA: Offences Relating to Terrorism

:130B. Interpretation in relation to this Chapter

;Suppression of Terrorist Act and Support for Terrorist Act
:130C. Committing terrorist acts
:130D. Providing devices to terrorist groups
:130E. Recruiting persons to be members of terrorist groups or to participate in terrorist acts
:130F. Providing training and instruction to terrorist groups and persons committing terrorist acts
:130FA. Receiving training and instruction from terrorist groups and persons committing terrorist acts
:130FB. Attendance at place used for terrorist training
:130G. Inciting, promoting or soliciting property for the commission of terrorist acts
:130H. Providing facilities in support of terrorist acts
:130I. Directing activities of terrorist groups
:130J. Soliciting or giving support to terrorist groups or for the commission of terrorist acts
:130JA. Travelling to, through or from Malaysia for the commission of terrorist acts in foreign country
:130JB. Possession, etc. of items associated with terrorist groups or terrorist acts
:130JC. Offence to build, etc. conveyance for use in terrorist acts
:130JD. Preparation of terrorist acts
:130K. Harbouring persons committing terrorist acts
:130KA. Member of a terrorist group
:130L. Criminal conspiracy
:130M. Intentional omission to give information relating to terrorist acts

;Suppression of Financing of Terrorist Acts
:130N. Providing or collecting property for terrorist acts
:130O. Providing services for terrorist purposes
:130P. Arranging for retention or control of terrorist property
:130Q. Dealing with terrorist property
:130QA. Accepting gratification to facilitate or enable terrorist acts
:130R. Intentional omission to give information about terrorist property
:130S. Intentional omission to give information relating to terrorism financing offence
:130T. Offences by body corporate
:130TA. Non-application of Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954 and sections 173A, 293 and 294 of the Criminal Procedure Code

Chapter VIB: Organised Crime

:130U. Interpretation in relation to this Chapter
:130V. Member of an organised criminal group
:130W. Assisting an organised criminal group
:130X. Harbouring member of an organised criminal group
:130Y. Consorting with an organised criminal group
:130Z. Recruiting persons to be members of an organised criminal group
:130ZA. Participation in an organised criminal group
:130ZB. Accepting gratification to facilitate or enable organised criminal activity
:130ZC. Enhanced penalties for offences committed by an organised criminal group or member of an organised criminal group

Chapter VII: Offences Relating to the Armed Forces

:131. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier or sailor from his duty
:132. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
:133. Abetment of an assault by a soldier or sailor on his superior officer, when in the execution of his office
:134. Abetment of such assault if the assault is committed
:135. Abetment of the desertion of a soldier, sailor or airman
:136. Harbouring a deserter
:137. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
:138. Abetment of act of insubordination by a soldier, sailor or airman
:139. Persons subject to Articles of War not punishable under this Code
:140. Wearing the dress of a soldier, sailor or airman
:140A. “Harbour”
:140B. Application of Chapter VII

Chapter VIII: Offences against the Public Tranquillity

:141. Unlawful assembly
:142. Being a member of an unlawful assembly
:143. Punishment
:144. Possessing weapons or missiles at unlawful assemblies
:145. Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been commanded to disperse
:146. Force used by one member in prosecution of common object
:147. Punishment for rioting
:148. Possessing weapons or missiles at riot
:149. Every member of an unlawful assembly to be deemed guilty of any offence committed in prosecution of common object
:150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join an unlawful assembly
:151. Knowingly joining or continuing in any assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
:152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
:153. Wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot
:153A. (Deleted)
:154. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
:155. Liability of person for whose benefit a riot is committed
:156. Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit a riot is committed
:157. Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
:158. Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot, or to go armed
:159. Affray
:160. Punishment for committing affray

Chapter IX: Offences by, or Relating to, Public Servants

:161. Public servant taking a gratification, other than legal remuneration, in respect of an official act
:162. Taking a gratification in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence a public servant
:163. Taking a gratification, for the exercise of personal influence with a public servant
:164. Punishment for abetment by public servant of the offences above defined
:165. Public servant obtaining any valuable thing, without consideration, from person concerned in any proceeding or business transacted by such public servant
:166. Public servant disobeying a direction of the law, with intent to cause injury to any person
:167. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
:168. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
:169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
:170. Personating a public servant
:171. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent

Chapter X: Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants

:172. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding from a public servant
:173. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
:174. Non-attendance in obedience to an order from a public servant
:175. Omission to produce a document to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce such document
:176. Omission to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give notice or information
:177. Furnishing false information
:178. Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant
:179. Refusing to answer a public servant authorized to question
:180. Refusing to sign statement
:181. False statement on oath to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath
:182. False information, with intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
:183. Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
:184. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant
:185. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of a public servant
:186. Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions
:187. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
:188. Disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant
:189. Threat of injury to a public servant
:190. Threat of injury to induce any person to refrain from applying for protection to a public servant

Chapter XI: False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice

:191. Giving false evidence
:192. Fabricating false evidence
:193. Punishment for false evidence
:194. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence
:195. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment
:196. Using evidence known to be false
:197. Issuing or signing a false certificate
:198. Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point
:199. False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
:200. Using as true any such declaration known to be false
:201. Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it, to screen the offender
:202. Intentional omission, by a person bound to inform, to give information of an offence
:203. Giving false information respecting an offence committed
:203A. Disclosure of information
:204. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
:205. False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in a suit
:206. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree
:207. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree
:208. Fraudulently suffering a decree for a sum not due
:209. Dishonestly making a false claim before a Court
:210. Fraudulently obtaining a decree for a sum not due
:211. False charge of offence made with intent to injure
:212. Harbouring an offender
:213. Taking gifts, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
:214. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender
:215. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
:216. Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody, or whose apprehension has been ordered
:216A. Harbouring robbers or gang-robbers, etc.
:216B. “Harbour”
:217. Public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture
:218. Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment, or property from forfeiture
:219. Public servant in a judicial proceeding corruptly making an order, report, etc., which he knows to be contrary to law
:220. Commitment for trial or confinement by a person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
:221. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend
:222. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend person under sentence of a Court
:223. Escape from confinement negligently suffered by a public servant and facilitating or enabling any terrorist act, etc.
:224. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension
:225. Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of another person
:225A. Public servant omitting to apprehend or suffering other persons to escape in cases not already provided for
:225B. Offences against laws of Malaysia where no special punishment is provided
:226. (Deleted)
:227. Violation of condition of remission of punishment
:228. Intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding
:229. Personation of a juror or assessor

Chapter XII: Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps

:230. Interpretation
:231. (Deleted)
:232. Counterfeiting coin
:233. (Deleted)
:234. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
:235. Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
:236. Abetting in Malaysia the counterfeiting out of Malaysia of coin
:237. (Deleted)
:238. Import or export of counterfeit coin
:239. (Deleted)
:240. Delivery of coin, possessed with the knowledge that it is counterfeit
:241. Delivery to another of coin as genuine, which when first possessed the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
:242. (Deleted)
:243. Possession of coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
:(There are no ss. 244–245)
:246. (Deleted)
:247. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weight or altering the composition of coin
:248. (Deleted)
:249. Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description
:250. (Deleted)
:251. Delivery of coin, possessed with the knowledge that it is altered
:252. (Deleted)
:253. Possession of coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
:254. Delivery to another of coin as genuine, which when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
:255. Counterfeiting a Government stamp
:256. Having possession of an instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp
:257. Making or selling an instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp
:258. Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
:259. Having possession of a counterfeit Government stamp
:260. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit
:261. Effacing any writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp, or removing from a document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
:262. Using a Government stamp known to have been before used
:263. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Chapter XIII: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures

:264. Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
:265. Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
:266. Being in possession of false weights or measures
:267. Making or selling false weights or measures

Chapter XIV: Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals

:268. Public nuisance
:269. Negligent act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life
:270. Malignant act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life
:271. Disobedience to a quarantine rule
:272. Adulteration of food or drink which is intended for sale
:273. Sale of noxious food or drink
:274. Adulteration of drugs
:275. Sale of adulterated drugs
:276. Sale of any drug as a different drug or preparation
:277. Fouling the water of a public spring or reservoir
:278. Making atmosphere noxious to health
:279. Rash driving or riding on a public way
:280. Rash navigation of a vessel
:281. Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy
:282. Conveying person by water for hire in a vessel overloaded or unsafe
:283. Danger or obstruction in a public way or navigation
:284. Negligent conduct with respect to any poisonous substance
:285. Negligent conduct with respect to any fire or combustible matter
:286. Negligent conduct with respect to any explosive substance
:287. Negligent conduct with respect to any machinery in the possession or under the charge of the offender
:288. Negligence with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
:289. Negligence with respect to any animal
:290. Punishment for public nuisance
:291. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
:292. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
:293. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
:294. Obscene songs

Chapter XV: Offences Relating to Religion

:295. Injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class
:296. Disturbing a religious assembly
:297. Trespassing on burial places, etc.
:298. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person
:298A. Causing, etc., disharmony, disunity, or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will, or prejudicing, etc., the maintenance of harmony or unity, on grounds of religion

Chapter XVI: Offences Affecting the Human Body

;Offences Affecting Life
:299. Culpable homicide
:300. Murder
:301. Culpable homicide by causing the death of a person other than the person whose death was intended
:302. Punishment for murder
:(There is no s. 303)
:304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
:304A. Causing death by negligence
:305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
:306. Abetment of suicide
:307. Attempt to murder
:308. Attempt to commit culpable homicide
:309. Attempt to commit suicide
:309A. Infanticide
:309B. Punishment for infanticide
:(There are no ss. 310–311)

;Causing Miscarriage; Injuries to Unborn Children; Exposure of Infants; and Concealment of Births
:312. Causing miscarriage
:313. Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
:314. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage. If act done without woman’s consent
:315. Act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
:316. Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide
:317. Exposure and abandonment of a child under twelve years by parent or person having care of it
:318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body

;Hurt
:319. Hurt
:320. Grievous hurt
:321. Voluntarily causing hurt
:322. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
:323. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
:324. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
:325. Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
:326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means
:326A. Punishment for causing hurt by spouse
:327. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act
:328. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence
:329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
:330. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
:331. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property
:332. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty
:333. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty
:334. Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
:335. Causing grievous hurt on provocation
:336. Punishment for act which endangers life or the personal safety of others
:337. Causing hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety of others
:338. Causing grievous hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety of others

;Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement
:339. Wrongful restraint
:340. Wrongful confinement
:341. Punishment for wrongful restraint
:342. Punishment for wrongful confinement
:343. Wrongful confinement for three or more days
:344. Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
:345. Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation a writ has been issued
:346. Wrongful confinement in secret
:347. Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting property or constraining to an illegal act
:348. Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting confession or of compelling restoration of property

;Criminal Force and Assault
:349. Force
:350. Criminal force
:351. Assault
:352. Punishment for using criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation
:352A. Punishment for using criminal force by spouse
:353. Using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty
:354. Assault or use of criminal force to a person with intent to outrage modesty
:355. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person, otherwise than on grave provocation
:356. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
:357. Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
:358. Assaulting or using criminal force on grave provocation

;Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced Labour
:359. Kidnapping
:360. Kidnapping from Malaysia
:361. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
:362. Abduction
:363. Punishment for kidnapping
:364. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
:365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person
:366. Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage, etc.
:367. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.
:368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person
:369. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal movable property from the person of such child
:370. Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
:371. Habitual dealing in slaves
:372. Exploiting any person for purposes of prostitution
:372A. Persons living on or trading in prostitution
:372B. Soliciting for purpose of prostitution
:373. Suppression of brothels
:373A. (Deleted)
:374. Unlawful compulsory labour

;Hostage-Taking
:374A. Hostage-taking

;Rape
:375. Rape
:375A. Husband causing hurt in order to have sexual intercourse
:375B. Gang rape
:376. Punishment for rape

;Incest
:376A. Incest
:376B. Punishment for incest

;Unnatural Offences
:377. Buggery with an animal
:377A. Carnal intercourse against the order of nature
:377B. Punishment for committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature
:377C. Committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature without consent, etc.
:377CA. Sexual connection by object
:377D. Outrages on decency
:377E. Inciting a child to an act of gross indecency

Chapter XVII: Offences Against Property

;Theft
:378. Theft
:379. Punishment for theft
:379A. Punishment for theft of a motor vehicle
:380. Theft in dwelling house, etc.
:381. Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
:382. Theft after preparation made for causing death or hurt in order to commit the theft
:382A. Persons convicted of an offence against section 379, 380 or 382 committing subsequent offence against such sections

;Extortion
:383. Extortion
:384. Punishment for extortion
:385. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion
:386. Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
:387. Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion
:388. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death, or imprisonment, etc.
:389. Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion

;Robbery and Gang-Robbery
:390. Robbery
:391. Gang-robbery
:392. Punishment for robbery
:393. Attempt to commit robbery
:394. Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery
:395. Punishment for gang-robbery
:396. Gang-robbery with murder
:397. Robbery when armed or with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
:398. (Deleted)
:399. Making preparation to commit gang-robbery
:400. Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers
:401. Punishment for belonging to wandering gang of thieves
:402. Assembling for purpose of committing gang-robbery

;Criminal Misappropriation of Property
:402A. Definition of “agent”, “company”, “director”, “officer”
:403. Dishonest misappropriation of property
:404. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of his death

;Criminal Breach of Trust
:405. Criminal breach of trust
:406. Punishment of criminal breach of trust
:407. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.
:408. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
:409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant or agent
:409A. Defence not available
:409B. Presumption

;Receiving Stolen Property
:410. Stolen property
:411. Dishonestly receiving stolen property
:411A. Receiving benefit derived from criminal activities of organized criminal group
:412. Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a gang-robbery
:413. Habitually dealing in stolen property
:414. Assisting in concealment of stolen property

;Cheating
:415. Cheating
:416. Cheating by personation
:417. Punishment for cheating
:418. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect
:419. Punishment for cheating by personation
:420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

;Fraudulent Deeds and Dispositions of Property
:421. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
:422. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender
:423. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing a false statement of consideration
:424. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of consideration

;Mischief
:425. Mischief
:426. Punishment for committing mischief
:427. Committing mischief and thereby causing damage to the amount of twenty-five ringgit
:428. Mischief by killing or maiming any animal
:429. (Deleted)
:430. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water
:430A. Mischief affecting any public transportation
:431. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge or river
:431A. Mischief by injury to telegraph cable, wire, etc.
:432. Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage, attended with damage
:433. Mischief by destroying or moving or rendering less useful a lighthouse or seamark, or by exhibiting false lights
:434. Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a landmark fixed by public authority
:435. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of fifty ringgit
:436. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house, etc.
:437. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or a vessel of 20 tons burden
:438. Punishment for the mischief described in the last section when committed by fire or any explosive substance
:439. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
:440. Mischief occurring during disturbances, etc.

;Criminal Trespass
:441. Criminal trespass
:442. House-trespass
:443. Lurking house-trespass
:444. (Deleted)
:445. Housebreaking
:446. (Deleted)
:447. Punishment for criminal trespass
:448. Punishment for house-trespass
:449. House-trespass in order to commit an offence punishable with death
:450. House-trespass in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment for life
:451. House-trespass in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment
:452. House-trespass after preparation made for causing hurt to any person
:453. Punishment for lurking house-trespass or housebreaking
:454. (Deleted)
:455. Lurking house-trespass or housebreaking after preparation made for causing hurt to any person
:456. (Deleted)
:457. Lurking house-trespass or housebreaking by night in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment
:457A. Subsequent offence under section 453 or 457 punishable with whipping after first offence
:458. (Deleted)
:459. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or housebreaking
:460. All persons jointly concerned in housebreaking, etc., to be punishable for death, or grievous hurt caused by one of their number
:461. Dishonestly breaking open any closed receptacle containing or supposed to contain property
:462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody

Chapter XVIII: Offences Relating to Documents and to Currency Notes and Bank Notes

:463. Forgery
:464. Making a false document
:465. Punishment for forgery
:466. Forgery of a record of a Court, or public Register of Births, etc.
:467. Forgery of a valuable security or will
:468. Forgery for the purpose of cheating
:469. Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person
:470. “A forged document”
:471. Using as genuine a forged document
:472. Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 467
:473. Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable otherwise
:474. Having possession of a valuable security or will know to be forged, with intent to use it as genuine
:475. Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
:476. Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467 or possessing counterfeit marked material
:477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of a will
:477A. Falsification of accounts
:(There are no ss. 478–489)

;Currency Notes and Bank Notes
:489A. Forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes
:489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes
:489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes
:489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes

Chapter XIX: Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service

:490. (Deleted)
:491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply the wants of helpless persons
:492. (Deleted)

Chapter XX: Offences Relating to Marriage

:493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
:494. Marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife
:495. Same offence with concealment of the former marriage from the person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
:496. Marriage ceremony gone through with fraudulent intent without lawful marriage
:(There is no s. 497)
:498. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman

Chapter XXI: Defamation

:499. Defamation
:500. Punishment for defamation
:501. Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
:502. Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter

Chapter XXII: Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

:503. Criminal intimidation
:504. Intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace
:505. Statements conducing to public mischief
:506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
:507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
:508. Act caused by inducing a person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
:509. Word or gesture intended to insult the modesty of a person
:510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person

Chapter XXIII: Attempts to Commit Offences

:511. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment

See also

* Criminal code

External links

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