CONTROL OF SUPPLIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 6

in subsection (4), by substituting for the words “or other person authorized by the said subsection to carry out the search and” the words “, the supplies officer or the police officer not below the rank of Inspector and”;

and

by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:

“(5)  Any vehicle, vessel or other article, by means of which an offence has been committed under this section or which is intended to be used for the commission of the offence, may be removed by the Controller, the supplies officer or the police officer not below the rank of Inspector and, if not claimed within one month of the removal, may be sold or disposed of by the Controller as he thinks fit, and the proceeds of such sale, if any, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”.

Amendment of section 22

in subsection (1)—

by substituting for the words “one hundred thousand”

the words “one million”; and

in subsection (2)—

by substituting for the words “two hundred and fifty thousand” the words “two million”; and

in subsection (1)—

by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:

“(a) any controlled article, in respect of which the offence has been committed, which has been seized by or has otherwise come into the possession of the Controller or any person acting under his authority;”;

and

in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “proceeds of sale,” the words “property of the accused,”.

KUALA LUMPUR