Laws of Malaysia: Act 574

Penal Code Section 57

Fractions of terms of punishment

57. In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for *thirty years.

NOTE – Previously “twenty years” – see section 3 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2003 [Act A1210].

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