Malaysia legislation

Section 46

of ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND ANTI-TERRORISM FINANCING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014

Section 46

Section 52 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a)  The investigating officer effecting the seizure shall send a notice of the seizure to the Public

Prosecutor forthwith.”; and

(b)

by substituting for subsection (6) the following subsection:

“(6)  Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both, and, in the case of a continuing offence, shall in addition be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit for each day or part thereof during which the offence continues to be committed.”.

New section 52a