Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 · s 240

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240.
Offence for distributing or advertising any communications equipment or device for interception of communication
A person who intentionally—
(a)	 sends through the mail, or sends or carries in national or international commerce, any electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, knowing or having reason to believe that the design of the equipment or device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication; or
(b)	 places in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement of—
(i)	 any electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, knowing or having reason to believe that the design of the equipment or device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication; or
(ii)	 any other electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, where the advertisement promotes the use of the equipment or device for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication, knowing or having reason to believe that the advertisement will be sent through the mail or transported in national or international commerce, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

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s 240Offence for distributing or advertising any communications equipment or device for interception of communication

A person who intentionally—

(a)

sends through the mail, or sends or carries in national or international commerce, any electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, knowing or having reason to believe that the design of the equipment or device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication; or

(b)

places in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement of—

(i)

any electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, knowing or having reason to believe that the design of the equipment or device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication; or

(ii)

any other electronic, mechanical, or other equipment or device, where the advertisement promotes the use of the equipment or device for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of any communication, knowing or having reason to believe that the advertisement will be sent through the mail or transported in national or international commerce, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

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