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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 574
“Public servant”
21. The words “public servant” denote a person falling under any of
the descriptions hereinafter following:
(a)
(Deleted by L.N. (N.S.) 1 of 1957);
(b)
every Commissioned Officer
Forces;
(c)
every Judge;
(d)
every officer of a Court whose duty it is, as such officer, to
investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to
make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge
or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial
process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to
preserve order in the Court, and every person specially
authorized by a Court to perform any of such duties;
(e)
every juryman or assessor assisting a Court or public
servant;
(f)
every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or
matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court,
or by any other competent public authority;
(g)
every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is
empowered to place or keep any person in confinement;
(h)
every officer of Government whose duty it is, as such
officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences,
to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public health,
safety or convenience;
(i)
every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take,
receive, keep or expend any property, on behalf of
Government, or to make any survey, assessment, or
contract on behalf of Government, or to execute any
revenue process, or to investigate, or to report on any matter
in the Malaysian Armed