Section 75
Section 75
If it appears to a forest officer or a police officer that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any building or place or on any land there is concealed or deposited any forest produce in respect of which a forest offence is being or has been committed, and if he has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a warrant under section 74, the forest produce is likely to be removed, he may exercise, upon, and in respect of the building, place, or land, all the powers mentioned in section 74 in as full and ample a manner as if he were authorized to do so by a warrant under that section.
Power to stop and search conveyances 76.―(1) If any forest officer or any police officer has reasonable cause to believe that any conveyance is carrying forest produce in contravention of this Ordinance or in respect of which a forest offence is being or has been committed, he may stop and examine the conveyance.
(2)
The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the forest officer or police officer―
(a)
stop the conveyance and allow the forest officer or police officer to examine it; and
(b)
open all parts of the conveyance for examination and take all measures necessary to enable or facilitate the carrying out of such examination as the forest officer or police officer considers necessary to make.
(3)
Any person who fails or refuses to comply with any requirement of the forest officer or police officer under subsection (2)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both.
Temporary release of things seized