Section 7
Power to freeze bank account
(1)
The Public Prosecutor may, if he is satisfied that it is likely that money for the payment of ransom may be paid out of any bank account, by order direct any bank in Malaysia not to pay any money out of nor to pay cheques drawn on such bank account for a specified period not exceeding one month.
(2)
Any officer of a bank who complies with an order of the
Public Prosecutor under subsection (1) shall be relived of any liability to any other person in respect of the payment prohibited by such order.
(3)
A bank which fails to comply with an order of the Public
Prosecutor under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
Public Prosecutor’s power to order inspection of books, accounts, receipts, vouchers or other documents