Malaysia legislation

Section 36K

of Antiquities and Treasure Trove Enactment 1977

Section 36K

(a)

refuses any enforcement officer or police officer access to any premises or any part of such premises, or fails to submit to a search of his person by a person authorised to search him under this Enactment;

(b)

assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays and enforcement officer or police officer in the execution of his duty under this Enactment;

(c)

fails to comply with any unlawful demand, notice, order or requirement of an enforcement officer or police officer in the execution of his duty under this Enactment;

(d)

omits, refuses or neglects to give to an enforcement officer or police officer any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he is empowered to give;

(e)

fails to produce to, or conceals or attempts to conceal from, an enforcement officer or police officer any object, material, book, document

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or other thing in relation to which such enforcement officer or police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this

Enactment has been or is being committed, or which is liable to seizure under this Enactment;

(f)

rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any thing which has been duly seized; or

(g)

destroys any thing to prevent the seizure or the securing of the thing, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

(2)

Any person who abets the commission of any offence under subsection (1)

commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

Admissibility of statements by accused persons.

Section 36K — Antiquities and Treasure Trove Enactment 1977