Malaysia legislation
Section 107
Section 107
(a)
to enter such conveyance, premises or place and there to search for and seize any goods reasonably suspected of
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being prohibited or uncustomed goods, or goods liable to forfeiture under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, or as to which any offence under this Act or such regulation is suspected to have been committed, and any books or documents which may reasonably be believed to contain information as to any offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder;
(b)
to arrest any person or persons being in such conveyance, premises or place, in whose possession such goods as aforesaid may be found, or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited such goods.
(2)
Such officer may if it is necessary so to do—
(a)
break open any outer or inner door of such conveyance, premises or place, and enter thereinto;
(b)
forcibly enter such conveyance, premises or place and every part thereof;
(c)
remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure and removal as he is empowered to effect; and
(d)
detain every person found in such conveyance, premises or place until the search has been completed.
(3)
Where by reason of its nature, size or amount it is not practicable to remove any goods, document or thing seized under this section, the officer of customs may, by any means, seal the conveyance, premises or place or such goods, document or thing in the conveyance, premises or place in which it is found.
(4)
A person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (3) or removes the goods, document or thing under seal, or attempts to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.
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When search may be made without warrant