Malaysia legislation

Section 9

of CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2018

Section 9

Section 136 of the principal Act is amended—

(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 “any goods which have been duly seized” the words “or any person who has been detained”;

(c)

in subparagraph (i), by substituting for the words “three years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit”

the words “five years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit”; and

(d)

in subparagraph (ii), by substituting for the words “five years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit”

the words “seven years or to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit”.

Amendment of section 137