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FEDERATION OF MALAYA

PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1961

Evidence of pecuniary

resources

or property.

17. (1) In any trial or inquiry by a court into an offence under this Act for the fact that an accused person is in possession, for which he cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income, or that he had, at or about the time of the alleged offence, obtained an accretion to his pecuniary resources or property for which he cannot satisfactorily account, may be proved and may be taken into consideration by the court as corroborating the testimony of any witness in such trial or inquiry that such accused person accepted or obtained or agreed to accept or attempted to obtain any gratification and as showing that such gratification was accepted or obtained or agreed to be accepted or attempted to be obtained corruptly as an inducement or reward.

(2) An accused person shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be deemed to be in possession of resources or property or to have obtained an accretion thereto where such resources or property are held or such accretion is obtained by any other person whom, having regard to his relationship to the accused person or to any other circumstances, there is reason to believe to be holding such resources or property or to have obtained such accretion in trust for or on behalf of such accused person or

a gift from such accused person.

as

14/68.

HKR 14 (bchens (17)

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