LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act A1558
DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017
An Act to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
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ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows:
Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2017.
(2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 39b
2. The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 [Act 234], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 39b—
- (a) by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
- “(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be punished on conviction with death