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Malaysia Case Law

Charge amendment and substituted plea
  • 14 Jan 2025

    MUHAMMAD FAIZ BIN MOHD ISA

    Citation
    B-05(SH)-394-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    SH
    Case number
    B-05(SH)-394-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    The Court accepted the prosecution's amended charge under section 6 DDA 1952 punishable under section 39A(2) due to accepted representation and the appellants' guilty pleas; having weighed mitigating factors, lack of exclusive control over the premises, and sentencing precedents for comparable Cannabis quantities, the appropriate sentence is nine years' imprisonment from arrest date (7 October 2020) and ten strokes, and the prior convictions under section 39B(1)(a) and life sentences were set aside and substituted accordingly.