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 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act A1558 DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017 An Act to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. [] 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 39

2. The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 [Act 234], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 39—
 * (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