Section 11
Section 77 of the principal Act is amended—
of Excise (Amendment) Act 2018
(a)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words “assaults or obstructs” the words “assaults, obstructs, hinders, threatens or molests”;
(b)
in paragraph (b), by inserting after the words “anything which has been duly seized” the words “or any person who has been detained”;
(c)
in subparagraph (i), by substituting for the words “a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to both such imprisonment and fine” the words “a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to both”; and
(d)
in subparagraph (ii), by substituting for the words “a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit” the words “a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit”.