Malaysia legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Property exempted from seizure
(a)
things in actual use in the hands of a person at the time of the seizure;
(b)
tools and implements not in use, where there is other movable property in or upon the house or premises sufficient to cover the amount and costs;
(c)
the tenant’s necessary wearing apparel and necessary bedding for himself and his family;
(d)
goods in the possession of the tenant for the purpose of being carried, wrought, worked up, or otherwise dealt with in the course of his ordinary trade or business;
(e)
goods belonging to guests at an inn;
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(f)
goods in the custody of the law;
(g)
property of any Government, property vested in any local authority for local authority purposes, and property vested for public purposes in any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not, which the Minister may by notification in the Gazette declare to be exempted from distress proceedings.
Inventory and estimate of property seized, and notice to tenant of the seizure