Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part VII · Assistance to a Foreign Country
Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part VII · Assistance to a Foreign Country
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
A senior police officer may, on the direction of the Malaysian authority, search or cause to be searched—
Malaysian authority
―Malaysian authority‖ means the Inspector General of Police. Request for assistance and authority to render same
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any person or premises specified by the foreign government or foreign authority in a request under section 43;
any person who, or any premises which, is suspected by the senior police officer to be necessary or expedient to be searched in relation to such request.
For the purposes of any search under subsection
, a senior police officer shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by a senior police officer under sections 16 and 17 as if the circumstances specified in these sections for their exercise existed and sections 18 and 19 shall accordingly apply in relation to any search under subsection
.
foreign authority
―foreign authority‖ means any person designated by a foreign government as an authority competent to act on behalf of the foreign government for the purposes of this Act;
foreign government
―foreign government‖ means the government of a foreign country;
Malaysian authority
―Malaysian authority‖ means the Inspector General of Police. Request for assistance and authority to render same
Part VIII