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Laws of Malaysia
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(d) an attempt to commit any of the offences referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); or
(e) an abetment of or a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) any of the offences referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c), whether or not the offence is committed in consequence thereof;

“Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission appointed under section 5;

“court” means—

(a) a High Court or a Judge of a High Court; or
(b) a Sessions Court or a Magistrate’s Court or a Sessions Court Judge or a Magistrate,

as the case may be;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission;

“officer” or “junior officer” means any officer or junior officer appointed under subsection 6(1) or (2);

“foreign public official” includes—

(a) any person who holds a legislative, executive, administrative or judicial office of a foreign country whether appointed or elected;
(b) any person who exercises a public function for a foreign country, including a person employed by a board, commission, corporation, or other body or authority that is established to perform a duty or function on behalf of the foreign country; and
(c) any person who is authorized by a public international organization to act on behalf of that organization;

“officer of a public body” means any person who is a member, an officer, an employee or a servant of a public body, and includes a member of the administration, a member of Parliament, a member of a State Legislative Assembly, a judge of the High Court, Court of Appeal or Federal Court, and any person receiving any remuneration from public funds, and, where the public body is a corporation sole, includes the person who is incorporated as such;