Section 21
Minister may prohibit importation or exportation
The Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the
Gazette, prohibit for a period to be specified in the notification either the importation or the exportation of any arms or ammunition or parts
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of arms or of particular kinds of arms or ammunition or parts of arms without a special permit signed by himself.
(2)
Any such prohibition of exportation may either be absolute or may relate to such place or places as shall be specified in the notification; and any person who takes or sends any article out of
Malaysia by sea, land or air with the intention that it shall ultimately reach a particular place either directly or indirectly shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to export the arms or ammunition to that place.
(3)
Any person who imports or exports any arms or ammunition or parts of arms in contravention of any notification published under this section or in breach of the restrictions and conditions subject to or upon which any special permit is issued shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to both.
Penalty in respect of vessel, aircraft or vehicle used for illegal importation or exportation