Poisons (Amendment) Act 2025

Amends the Poisons Act 1952

Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged

s 1Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Poisons (Amendment)

Act 2025.

(2)

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

s 2Amendment of section 2

The Poisons Act 1952 [Act 366], which is referred to as the

“principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 2(1)—

(a)

in the definition of “authorized officer”—

(i)

by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(b) a police officer as defined under the

Police Act 1967 [Act 344];”;

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(ii)

in paragraph (c), by inserting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph; and

(iii)

by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:

“(d) a person appointed by the Minister under section 31a;”; and

(b)

by substituting for the definition of “premises” the following definition:

‘ “premises” includes—

(a)

any land, building or part of any building;

(b)

any place whether open or enclosed;

(c)

any conveyance;

(d)

any installation on land, offshore installation or other installation whether on the bed of or floating on any water; and

(e)

any structure whether movable or immovable;’.

s 3Renumbering of section 31a

The principal Act is amended by renumbering the existing section 31a as section 31aa.

s 4New section 31a

The principal Act is amended by inserting before section 31aa as renumbered the following section:

“ Appointment of authorized officer 31a. The Minister may appoint in writing any person to be an authorized officer subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose.”.

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s 5Amendment of section 31b

Section 31b of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1).