Addressing MPs: Shamsul at the Dewan Rakyat. — Bernama
THE government has proposed 10 amendments to the Police Act 1967, including the insertion of a new Section 6A which stipulates that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be the Honorary Commissioner-in-Chief of the Royal Malaysia Police.
The Bill was tabled for its first reading by Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. The second and third readings are scheduled to be carried out during this parliamentary session.
The draft Bill distributed yesterday also involves an amendment to Clause 4, which seeks to amend Section 21 providing for the police to carry out escort duties on any public road. Any person who obstructs, opposes or fails to comply with police instructions may be fined up to RM10,000 and jailed for up to two years, compared with the previous penalty of RM200 and two months’ jail.
The amendment to Clause 5 seeks to increase the maximum fine from RM1,000 to RM2,000 on anyone who fails to comply with a police order to stop before reaching any barrier erected or placed by any police officer, stipulated under Section 26.
The government also proposes to amend Clause 6 involving changes to Section 66, which stipulates that any employer who fails to re-employ a reserve police officer would be liable to a maximum fine of RM2,000 and one-year jail, compared with the existing RM1,000 and six months’ imprisonment.
It also provides that any police officer who fails to report for duty for 14 consecutive days without reasonable cause shall be deemed to have deserted the force, and be guilty of an offence under an amendment to Section 86.
The First Schedule to the Act also seeks to delete a reference to senior inspector as the position is no longer used in the ranks of the police force.
