148
Laws of Malaysia
Act 593
(d)
(i) on receiving the copy of the said order the Court
shall cause the effect of the same to be entered in
the records of the Court, and when the said order
directs the sentence to be carried out shall appoint
the time when it is to be carried out and shall
endorse the time so appointed on the said order,
and shall in all cases cause the order to be carried
into effect by issuing a warrant or taking such other
steps as may be necessary;
(ii) the Ruler of the State acting in accordance with
Article 42 of the Constitution may order a respite of
the execution of the warrant and afterwards appoint
some other time or other place for its execution;
(iii) the warrant shall be directed to the officer in charge
of the prison for the district where the sentence is to
be carried into effect, who shall carry the sentence
into effect, in accordance with law;
(e)
(i) there shall be present at the execution of the sentence
the Medical Officer in charge of the prison, the
Superintendent of Prisons, the Officer-in-Charge of
the prison and such other officers of the prison as
the latter may require, and there may also be present
any Minister of Religion in attendance at the prison
and such relations of the prisoner or other persons
as the Superintendent thinks proper to admit;
(ii) as soon as may be after judgment of death has
been executed the Medical Officer shall examine
the body of the person executed and shall ascertain
the fact of death and shall sign a certificate thereof
and deliver the same to the Officer-in-Charge;
(iii) a Magistrate of the district shall, within twenty-four
hours after the execution, hold an inquiry and satisfy
himself of the identity of the body and whether
judgment of death was duly executed thereon, and
he shall make a report of it to the Menteri Besar
of the State;
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