Malaysia legislation
Section 48
Section 48
“Cost of holding seized forest produce, etc.
(a)
in the shoulder note, by substituting for the words
“Forest officer may” the words “Power to”;
(b)
in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “any forest officer” the words “a forest officer not below the rank of Forester, an authorized officer or a police officer”;
and
(c)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) Any person who impedes or obstructs any forest officer not below the rank of Forester, any authorized officer or any police officer exercising his powers under subsection (1) or who refuses to render such assistance as is required by such officer, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both.”.
New section 96a