Section 37
Additional powers of person executing search warrant, etc.
of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002
Where an authorized officer has entered premises in the execution of a warrant issued under section 36, he may seize and retain any thing that is specified in the warrant, other than items subject to legal privilege.
(2)
An authorized officer may photograph or make a copy of any thing seized under subsection (1).
(3)
Where an authorized officer seizes any thing or takes a photograph or makes a copy of any thing under a warrant, he shall inform the Attorney General and shall, unless the Attorney General
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otherwise directs, immediately send the thing or the photograph or copy of the thing to the appropriate authority of the prescribed foreign State concerned.
(4)
Any person who hinders or obstructs an authorized officer in the execution of a warrant issued under this section commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.