Malaysia legislation
Section 50
Section 50
(2)
An enforcement officer shall have the power to detain such organism or product that is suspected of being a living modified organism or product of such organism, or book, document, computerized data, apparatus, equipment, device, machinery, vehicle, matter or thing including in digital form, produced to him under subsection (1) for purposes of investigations.
Biosafety 47
(3)
The provision on forfeiture in section 45 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any organism or product that is suspected of being a living modified organism or product of such organism, or book, document, computerized data, apparatus, equipment, device, machinery, vehicle, matter or thing including in digital form detained under subsection (2).
(4)
Any person who fails to produce any organism or product that is suspected of being a living modified organism or product of such organism, or book, document, computerized data, apparatus, equipment, device, machinery, vehicle, matter or thing including those in digital form, as is required by an enforcement officer under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
(a)
where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b)
where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Enforcement officer may seek assistance to examine things related to offence