Malaysia legislation
Section 16
Section 16
(a)
enter such premises and there search for, and seize and detain, any such property, book or document;
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(b)
search any person who is in or on such premises, and for the purpose of such search, detain such person and remove him to such place as may be necessary to facilitate such search;
(c)
arrest any person who is in or on such premises in whose possession any property liable to seizure or forfeiture under this Act is found, or whom the officer reasonably believes to have concealed or deposited such property;
(d)
seize and detain any book or document found in or on such premises or on such person;
(e)
break open, examine, and search, any article, container or receptacle; or
(f)
stop, search and detain any conveyance.
(2)
Such officer may if it is necessary so to do—
(a)
break open any outer or inner door or window of such premises and enter thereinto;
(b)
forcibly enter such premises and every part thereof;
(c)
remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure and removal as he is empowered to effect; or
(d)
detain every person found in or on such premises, until such premises have been searched.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply in relation to banker’s books in a bank.
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