LONDON (Reuters) - When 6,204 people took part in the 1,000th parkrun in London's Bushy last month it was 6,191 more than set off in the inaugural event in 2004 and similar record turnouts are expected all over the world on Oct. 5 when the phenomenon marks its 20th birthday.
PETALING JAYA: Government departments have been instructed to halt all disciplinary actions against civil servants related to the now-unconstitutional criminal offence of enticing married women for sex, according to the Public Service Department .
JPA director-general Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz stated that this directive follows the Federal Court's ruling on Dec 15 last year, which declared Section 498 of the Penal Code unconstitutional for its gender discrimination. "That the law was intended to apply to the enticement of women only is also made amply clear by Section 132 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states: 'No court shall take cognisance of an offence under Section 498...except upon a complaint made by the husband of the woman," Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat reportedly said in the judgement last year.
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