Malaysia legislation
Section 28
Section 28
(a)
any person found committing or attempting to commit, or employing or aiding any person to commit, or abetting the commission of an offence against this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(b)
any person whom he may reasonably suspect to have in his possession any goods liable to seizure under the
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Customs Act 1967, the Excise Act 1976 or this Act or any regulations made thereunder; or
(c)
any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he had committed an offence against the Customs Act 1967, the Excise Act 1976 or this Act or any regulations made thereunder, and may search, or cause to be searched, any person so arrested:
Provided that no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.
(2)
Every person so arrested may be released from custody—
(a)
on his depositing such reasonable sum of money as the proper officer of customs may require;
(b)
on his executing a bond, with such surety or sureties, as the proper officer of customs may require; or
(c)
on his depositing such reasonable sum of money as the proper officer of customs may require and his executing a bond, with such surety or sureties as the proper officer of customs may require.
(3)
Any person who has been released from custody under subsection (2) may be arrested without warrant by any officer of customs—
(a)
if such officer has reasonable grounds for believing that any condition on or subject to which such person was released or otherwise admitted to bail has been or is likely to be breached; or
(b)
on being notified in writing by the surety of such person that such person is likely to breach any condition on or subject to which such person was released and that the surety wishes to be relieved of his obligation as surety.
Free Zones 31
Provisions relating to arrest without warrant