Malaysia legislation

Section 44

of ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ACT 2024

Section 44

Any authorized officer may, at all reasonable hours, exercise the following powers:

(a)

to enter any premises other than premises used only for residential;

(b)

to inspect or verify any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing, material, plant, equipment, machinery, goods, energy-using product, product, label, item or thing found in the premises;

(c)

to take samples of any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing, material, plant, equipment, machinery, goods, energy-using product, product, label, item or thing found in the premises for the purpose of ascertaining, by testing or otherwise, whether an offence has been committed;

(d)

to make copies of or extract any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing or thing found in the premises; and

(e)

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 or directions 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 authorized officer may do so himself.

Search and seizure with warrant