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Malaysia Case Law

Rehabilitation program
  • 2 Sept 2021

    ISMAHAIRI BIN ISMAIL

    Citation
    JB-42H-15-11/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    JB-42H-15-11/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    High Court held the Sessions Court's sentence of 2 years imprisonment and one stroke of whipping was not amenable to increase because the lower court applied correct principles and the sentence was within lawful discretion; however, the Domestic Violence Act 1994 empowered the High Court to impose protective and rehabilitative orders, and the court therefore issued a protection order, authorised police arrest for breaches, and ordered enrolment in a 12‑month rehabilitation programme with progress reports to the court.