Section 39A

any person desires to enter Malaysia;

any person applies for a Pass, Permit, or Certificate, regardless whether he is within or outside Malaysia;

he considers it necessary in order to ascertain whether the holder of a Pass, Permit, or Certificate is a prohibited immigrant or that any material statement made in connection with his application for a Pass, Permit, or Certificate, was false or misleading;

he considers it necessary to do so in order to ascertain whether the presence of any person in Malaysia is lawful;

or

he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of otherwise exercising any of his powers, or discharging any of his duties, or carrying out any of his functions, under this Act in relation to any person, make all such inquiries or require the production of all such documents or other evidence as the immigration officer may consider necessary and also require such person to present himself for the purpose of enabling the immigration officer to make inquiries from him, or requiring him to submit to an examination by a Government Medical

Officer.

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Where any person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with any requirement of an immigration officer under subsection (1), or refuses to answer any question that may be lawfully put to him by an immigration officer in exercise of his powers under subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Where in pursuance of any inquiry by, or any requirement of, an immigration officer under subsection (1) any statement is made by any person, whether or not in answer to a question by an immigration officer, or any document is produced by any person, or any certificate is issued by a Government Medical Officer, such statement, document or certificate shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings in court under this Act against the person who made the statement or produced the document, or against the person in respect of whom the certificate was issued, or against any other person.

Subsection (1) shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other provision of this Act conferring any power on an immigration officer.

Power to summon witnesses, etc.