Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 25
the following section:
“Proportional examination or testing of articles seized 25a. (1) Where packages or receptacles containing articles which are suspected of being controlled articles have been seized, it shall be sufficient to open and examine one per centum or not less than five samples of each description of the package or receptacle in which such articles are contained.
(2)
If it is necessary to test any article which is suspected of being controlled article seized under this Act, it shall be sufficient to test only a sample not exceeding five per centum in volume or weight of the articles examined under subsection (1).
(3)
The court shall presume that the articles contained in the unopened packages or receptacles are of the same nature, quantity and quality as those found in the similar packages or receptacles which have been opened.”.