Section 31
Power to stop, search and seize conveyance
of Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024
Where an authorized officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any conveyance is carrying any tobacco product, smoking substance, substitute tobacco product, machinery, equipment, book, record, document or any other article in respect of which an offence under this Act, except for an offence under section 17, is being or has been committed, the officer may stop and search the conveyance and may, if on examination he has reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance is or has been used for the commission of such offence, seize the conveyance and any tobacco product, smoking substance, substitute tobacco product, machinery, equipment, book, record, document or any other article found in the conveyance that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of such offence.
(2)
The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorized officer—
(a)
stop the conveyance and allow the authorized officer to search the conveyance; and
(b)
open all parts of the conveyance for search and take all measures necessary to enable or facilitate the carrying out of the search as the authorized officer considers necessary.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.