Section 33
Power to search conveyances
An authorized officer may—
(a)
board any conveyance;
(b)
require the master of a vessel, pilot of an aircraft or person in control of any other conveyance to give such information relating to the conveyance, cargo, stores, crew, passengers or voyage as he may consider necessary;
(c)
search all parts of such conveyance for strategic items;
(d)
examine all items on board and all items then being loaded or unloaded;
(e)
demand all documents which ought to be on board such conveyance; and
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(f)
require all or any such documents to be brought to him for inspection, and the master of a vessel, pilot of an aircraft or person in control of any other conveyance refusing to allow such authorized officer to board or search such conveyance, or refusing to give such information or to produce such documents on demand commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or with both.
(2)
If any place, box or chest on board such conveyance is locked and the key withheld, the authorized officer may break open any such place, box or chest.
(3)
If any items are found concealed on board any conveyance, such items shall be deemed to be strategic items.