Malaysia legislation
Section 21
Section 21
(2)
No person other than a licensed manufacturer in tobacco product, or a person exempted under subsection 20(2), shall knowingly keep or have in his possession any manually-operated machine for manufacturing tobacco or any part or accessory of such machine.
(3)
The owner or occupier of any land or premises upon which any still, utensil or other apparatus for distilling or fermenting or otherwise manufacturing any dutiable goods or any power-operated or manually-operated machinery for the manufacture of tobacco is found shall each be deemed, until the contrary is proved, knowingly to have kept or had in his possession such still, utensil or other apparatus or power-operated or manually-operated machinery for the manufacture of tobacco, as the case may be.
(4)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to any still, utensil or other apparatus for distilling, fermenting or otherwise manufacturing dutiable goods, or to any power-operated machine for manufacturing tobacco, or to any part or accessory of such machine—
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(a)
held as stock by a bona fide dealer in such apparatus or machinery;
(b)
with the approval of the Director General, in the possession of any person constructing a distillery, brewery or other place of manufacture of dutiable goods, or in the possession of any person in occupation of any such distillery, brewery or other place of manufacture in respect of which a licence under subsection 20(1) had previously been in force and had with the approval of the Director General been surrendered, suspended or not renewed on account of the cessation of the operation for which the place of manufacture was licensed.
Exemptions