Malaysia legislation
Section 19
Section 19
Whenever it appears to any Magistrate on information and after such enquiry as he may think necessary, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any shop, warehouse or other building or place in a free trade zone, there are concealed or deposited any goods in respect of which an offence under the Customs Act, 1967, or this Act or any regulations made thereunder has been committed, such Magistrate may issue a warrant authorising an officer of customs, named therein, by day or by night and with or without assistance:
(a)
to enter such shop, warehouse or other building or place and there to search for and seize any goods in respect of which there is reason to believe that the offence aforesaid has been committed, and any books or documents which may reasonably be believed to have a bearing on the case;
(b)
to arrest any person or persons being in such shop, warehouse, building or place, in possession of any goods aforesaid found, or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited such goods;
(c)
to break open if necessary, any door of such shop, warehouse, building or place and enter thereinto;
(d)
to forcibly enter if necessary, such place and every part thereof;
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(e)
to remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure and removal as he is empowered to effect; and
(f)
to detain any person found in such place until such place has been searched.