Criminal Procedure Code
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charge of the district prison, and the warrant shall be
full authority to the said officer, or any officer appointed
by him for that purpose, for receiving into his custody
and detaining the person so sentenced until the further
warrant or order of the Court;
(b)
(i) in cases in which notice of appeal is not given
within the prescribed period, the Judge passing
sentence of death shall, as soon as conveniently
may be after such period has elapsed, forward to
the Menteri Besar of the State in which the crime
was committed, a copy of the notes of evidence
taken on the trial, together with a report in writing
signed by him, setting out his opinion whether there
are any reasons, and, if any, what reasons there are,
why the sentence of death should or should not be
carried out;
(ii) in cases in which notice of appeal is given the
Judge who passed sentence of death shall, as soon
as conveniently may be after the appeal has been
determined by the Court of Appeal, forward to the
Federal Court the report in writing referred to in
subparagraph (i); and, if the Federal Court dismisses
the appeal made to it, the Judge presiding in that
Court shall as soon as conveniently may be after the
dismissal forward to the aforesaid Menteri Besar,
the said report in writing together with a copy of
the notes of evidence taken at the original trial, a
copy of the record of the proceedings before the
Federal Court and also such report, if any, on the
case as the Federal Court may think fit to make
signed by the Judge presiding in the Federal Court;
(c)
the Menteri Besar shall, upon receipt of the proceedings,
submit the same to the Ruler of the State and shall
communicate to the Court of the Judge passing sentence
a copy under his hand and seal of any order the Ruler
of the State may, acting in accordance with Article
42 of the Constitution, make thereon, which order, if
the sentence is to be carried out, shall state the place
where the execution is to be held, and if the sentence
is commuted into any other punishment shall so state;
and if the person sentenced is pardoned shall so state;
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