Section 11
Entry and search by Magistrate, etc.
A Magistrate, a senior police officer or an Officer in Charge of a Police District may himself do what he may, under sections 9
and 10, authorize a police officer to do whenever the Magistrate or senior police officer or Officer in Charge of a Police District is competent to issue a warrant under the said sections respectively and also in any of the following cases, that is to say—
(a)
if he has personal knowledge of the facts and circumstances as satisfy him that there are sufficient grounds for a search under the said sections respectively;
or
(b)
if he receives the required information orally and either on oath or not on oath under such circumstances that the object of a search would, in his opinion, be defeated by the delay necessary for reducing the information to writing: provided that in this last case the name and address of the person giving the information are known to or ascertained by the Magistrate, or senior police officer or Officer in Charge of a Police District, before he acts upon the information.
(2)
Whoever in giving such oral information makes a statement which he knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for twelve months, or a fine not exceeding ringgit, or to both.