Malaysia legislation
Section 124d
Section 124d
Any Assistant Controller may, at all reasonable hours, exercise the following powers:
(a)
to enter any premises, other than premises used only for dwelling, and inspect or verify any goods or document;
(b)
to take samples of goods or records found in the premises for the purpose of ascertaining, by testing or otherwise, whether the offence has been committed;
(c)
to make copies of or take extracts from any book, document, record or other article found in the premises; and
(d)
to require, but only if and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of this
Act and of any order made under this Act are duly observed, any person having authority to do so to break open any container or open any vending machine, and if that person does not comply with the requirement, the Assistant Controller may do so himself.
Power of arrest 124e. (1) Any Assistant Controller may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes has committed or is attempting to commit an offence under section 14, 16, 20 or 23.
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(2)
Any Assistant Controller making an arrest under subsection (1) shall without unnecessary delay make over the person so arrested to the nearest police officer or, in the absence of a police officer, take such person to the nearest police station, and thereafter the person shall be dealt with as is provided for by the law relating to criminal procedure for the time being in force as if he had been arrested by a police officer.
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