Malaysia legislation
Section 67
Section 67
(a)
any premises have been used, are being used or are about to be used for; or
(b)
there is in any premises evidence necessary to establish, the commission of an offence under this Act, the Magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing an investigating officer, at any reasonable time by day or by night and with or without assistance—
(aa) to enter the premises, if need be by force; and
(bb) there to search for and seize, and therefrom remove any book, minute book, register, material, document, article or any other thing whether in the physical form or in the electronic medium—
(i)
in respect of which an offence has been committed;
(ii)
in respect of which an offence is suspected to have been committed, or
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(iii)
that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of the offence.
(2)
An investigating officer may—
(a)
break open any outer or inner door of the premises or any fence, enclosure, gate or other obstruction to the premises, in order to effect entry thereinto;
(b)
remove by force any obstruction to entry, search, seizure or removal as he is empowered to effect under subsection (1); and
(c)
detain every person found in the premises until it has been searched.
Search and seize without warrant