Malaysia legislation
Section 115
Section 115
Any person who—
(a)
refuses the Protector or Social Welfare Officer access to any premises, or fails to submit to a search by a person authorized to search him under this Act;
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(b)
assaults, obstructs, hinders, delays or attempts to assault, obstruct, hinder or delay the Protector, Assistant Protector or Social Welfare Officer in the execution of his duty under this Act;
(c)
fails to comply with any lawful demand, order or requirement of a Protector, Assistant Protector or Social
Welfare Officer in the execution of his duty under this
Act;
(d)
omits, refuses or neglects to give to a Protector or Social
Welfare Officer any information which may be reasonably required of him and which he is empowered to give;
(e)
fails to produce to, or conceals or attempts to conceal from, a Protector or Social Welfare Officer, any child or any book, article or document in relation to which the Protector or Social Welfare Officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed;
(f)
rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any thing which has been duly seized; or
(g)
destroys any thing to prevent the seizure of the thing, or the securing of the thing, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
Protection of informers