Section 21

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the order may authorize the investigation, inspection, and

*NOTE—The Post Office Act 1947 [Act 211] has since been repealed by the Postal Services

Act 1991 [Act 465]–see section 50 of Act 465.

**NOTE—The Telecommunications Act 1950 [Act 20] has since been repealed by the

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 [Act 588]–see section 273 of Act 588.

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taking of copies, of any banker’s book or bank account, or any share account or purchase account, expense account or any other account, or the inspection of any safe deposit box, in any bank, financial institution, company, firm, association, society, or other body whatsoever, and shall be sufficient authority for the disclosure or production by any person of all or any information or accounts or documents or articles as may be required by the officer so authorized.

Any person who wilfully fails or refuses to disclose any such information or to produce any such accounts or documents or articles to the person so authorized shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Where any person discloses any such information or produces any such accounts or documents or articles, to the person so authorized, neither the first mentioned person nor any other person on whose behalf or direction, or as whose agent or employee, the first mentioned person may be acting, shall, on account of such disclosure or production, be liable to any prosecution for any offence under or by virtue of any law, or to any proceeding or claim in any form or of any description by any person under or by virtue of any law, or under or by virtue of any contract, agreement or arrangement, whether express or implied, or otherwise howsoever.

Public Prosecutor’s powers to obtain information