Malaysia legislation

Section 5

of CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

Section 5

Section 114 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

“(3a)  Where by reason of its nature, size or amount it is not practicable to remove any goods and such receptacles, packages or conveyances seized under this section, the seizing officer may, by any means, seal the goods and such receptacles, packages or conveyances, or the premises or place in which the goods and such receptacles, packages or conveyances are found.

(3b)

A person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (3a)

or removes any goods and such receptacles, packages or conveyances 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.”.

New section 116e