Section 34I

refuses any Inspector or police officer access to any premises or any part of such premises, or fails to submit to a search of his person by a person authorized to search him under this Act;

assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays an Inspector or police officer in the execution of his duty under this Act;

fails to comply with any lawful demand, notice, order or requirement of an Inspector or police officer in the execution of his duty under this Act;

omits, refuses or neglects to give to an Inspector or police officer any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he is empowered to give;

fails to produce to, or conceals or attempts to conceal from, an Inspector or police officer any book, account, document, data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, item, thing, article or goods in relation to which such

Inspector or police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed, or which is liable to seizure under this

Act;

rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any thing which has been duly seized; or

destroys any thing to prevent the seizure or the securing of the thing, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

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Any person who abets the commission of any offence under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or both.

Any person who, while committing or abetting the commission of any offence under subsection (1) or (2), causes hurt to an

Inspector or police officer or any public officer who is carrying out the enforcement of this Act shall, in addition to the punishment as specified in subsection (1) or (2), be liable to whipping.

Seizable offence