110 Laws of Malaysia Act 574 *ILLUSTRATION The last section is subject to the same illustration as section 144. Affray 159. When two or more persons, by fighting, in a public place, disturb the public peace, they are said to “commit an affray”. Punishment for committing affray 160. Whoever commits an affray shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand ringgit or with both. Chapter IX OFFENCES BY, OR RELATING TO, PUBLIC SERVANTS Public servant taking a gratification, other than legal remuneration, in respect of an official act 161. Whoever, being or expecting to be a public servant, accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever, other than legal remuneration, as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act, or for showing or forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour or disfavour to any person, or for rendering or attempting to render any service or disservice to any person, with the Government, or with any member of the Cabinet or of Parliament or of a State Executive Council or Legislative Assembly, or with any public servant, as such, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. *NOTE— Illustration to section 144 was deleted by Act 39 of 1967. It read as follows “A wooden pole sharpened at the end is a thing which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death”.