Malaysia Co-Operative Societies Commission Act 2007 · Updated to 1 Oct 2023 · Part VI · Investigation, Search and Seizure
48. Obstruction to exercise of power by investigating officer
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person shall—
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refuse any investigating officer exercising his powers under section 46 or 47, access to any premises or part thereof, or fail to submit to the search of his person;
assault, obstruct, hinder or delay such investigating officer in effecting any entrance which he is entitled to effect;
fail to comply with any lawful demand of any investigating officer in the execution of his duties under section 46 or 47;
refuse to give to an investigating officer any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he has it in his power to give;
fail to produce to, or conceal or attempt to conceal from, an investigating officer, any property, book, other document or article in relation to which the investigating officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence has been or is being committed under this Act, the Co-operative
property
“property” means any movable or immovable property 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 property where the person executing the conveyance is the proprietor or possessor, or wherein he is entitled to a contingent right, either for the whole or part of the interest; *NOTE─The Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 has been repealed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 which comes into operation on 25 November 2009–see section 100…
Societies Act 1993 or any other written law enforced by the
Commission;
Commission
“Commission” means the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission established under section 3;
rescue or endeavour to rescue anything which has been duly seized;
furnish to an investigating officer as true, information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false; or
before or after any seizure, break or otherwise destroy anything to prevent the seizure thereof, or the securing of the same.
Terms defined in s 2
Commission
Defined · s 2“Commission” means the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission established under section 3;
document
Defined · s 2“document” has the same meaning as defined under section 3 of the Evidence Act 1950;
property
Defined · s 2“property” means any movable or immovable property 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 property where the person executing the conveyance is the proprietor or possessor, or wherein he is entitled to a contingent right, either for the whole or part of the interest; *NOTE─The Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 has been repealed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 which comes into operation on 25 November 2009–see section 100…
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