Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2025 · s 253

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253.
“Obstruction
Any person who—
(a)	 refuses any authorized officer access to any premises which such authorized officer is entitled to have under this Act or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;
(b)	 assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any authorized officer in effecting any entry which the authorized officer is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;
(c)	 refuses to give any authorized officer any information relating to an offence or suspected offence under this Act or any other information which he has in his knowledge or power to give;
(d)	 rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued anything which has been seized; or
(e)	 destroys any thing to prevent the seizure or the securing of the thing, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.”.

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s 253“Obstruction

Any person who—

(a)

refuses any authorized officer access to any premises which such authorized officer is entitled to have under this Act or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;

(b)

assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any authorized officer in effecting any entry which the authorized officer is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;

(c)

refuses to give any authorized officer any information relating to an offence or suspected offence under this Act or any other information which he has in his knowledge or power to give;

(d)

rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued anything which has been seized; or

(e)

destroys any thing to prevent the seizure or the securing of the thing, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.”.

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