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Development Financial Institutions Act 2002 · Updated to 6 Oct 2023 · Part VIII · Examination and Investigation

96. Seizing of property, record, report or document

An investigating officer may seize, take possession of, and retain for such duration as he deems necessary any property, record, report, document, apparatus, equipment, machinery, computer, computer output, system, data, books, information, article or thing produced before him in the course of an examination under paragraph 90(2)(a)

or (b), or search of a person under subsection 92(1), for ascertaining whether anything relevant to the investigation is concealed, or is otherwise, upon such person.

Terms defined in s 3

books
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“books” includes any register or other record of information and any accounts or accounting records, however compiled, recorded or stored; *NOTE—The Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 has repealed the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 which comes into operation on 25 November 2009–see section 99…
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computer
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“computer” has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act 1950;
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computer output
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“computer output” means a statement or representation, whether in written, printed, pictorial, film, graphical, acoustic or other form— (a) produced by a computer; (b) displayed on the screen of a computer; or (c) accurately translated from a statement or representation so produced;
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document
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“document” has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act l950;
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officer
Defined · s 3
“officer”, in relation to an institution, means any of its employees and includes its Chief Executive Officer;
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person
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“person” includes an individual, any corporation, statutory body, local authority, society, trade union, co-operative society, partnership and any other body, organization, association or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;
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property
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“property” means any movable or immovable property, whether tangible or intangible and includes— (a) any right, interest, title, claim, chose in action, power or privilege, whether present or future, or whether vested or contingent, in relation to any property, or which is otherwise of value; (b) any conveyance executed for conveying, assigning, appointing, surrendering, or otherwise transferring or disposing of immovable property of which the person executing the conveyance is the proprietor or has possession or in which he is entitled to a contingent right, either for the whole interest or for any less interest; (c) any security, including any stock, share, debenture and fund; (d) any negotiable instrument, including any bank note, bearer note, Treasury bill, dividend warrant, bill of exchange, promissory note, cheque and negotiable certificate of deposit; or (e) any mortgage or charge, whether legal or equitable, guarantee, lien or pledge, whether actual or constructive, letter of hypothecation, trust receipt, indemnity, undertaking or other means of securing payment or discharge of a debt or liability, whether present or future, or whether vested or contingent;
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Report

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Part IX

Miscellaneous

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96. Seizing of property, record, report or document

Terms defined in s 3

Miscellaneous

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