Section 78
Section 107 of the principal Act is amended—
of Customs (Amendment) Act 2019
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place” the words
“conveyance, premises or place”;
(ii)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words
“dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place”
the words “conveyance, premises or place”; and
(iii)
in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words
“dwellinghouse, shop, building or place” the words “conveyance, premises or place”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words
“dwellinghouse, shop, or other building or place”
the words “conveyance, premises or place”;
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by inserting after the words
“forcibly enter such” the words “conveyance, premises or”;
(iii)
in paragraph (c), by inserting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph; and
Customs (Amendment)
(iv)
in paragraph (d), by substituting for the words
“such place until such place has been searched”
the words “such conveyance, premises or place until the search has been completed”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“ (3) Where by reason of its nature, size or amount it is not practicable to remove any goods, document or thing seized under this section, the officer of customs may, by any means, seal the conveyance, premises or place or such goods, document or thing in the conveyance, premises or place in which it is found.
(4)
A person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (3) or removes the goods, document or thing under seal, or attempts to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.”.
Amendment of section 108