Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 · Updated to 20 May 2022 · Part V · Investigation, Search, Seizure and Arrest
48. Obstruction of investigation and search
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refuses any officer of the Commission access to any premises, or fails to submit to a search by a person authorized to search him under this Act;
officer of the Commission
“officer of the Commission” means the Chief Commissioner and any officer appointed under subsection 6(1);
assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any officer of the
officer
“officer” or “junior officer” means any officer or junior officer appointed under subsection 6(1) or (2);
Commission in the execution of his duty under this Act;
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fails to comply with any lawful demand, notice, order or requirement of an officer of the Commission in the execution of his duty under this Act;
omits, refuses or neglects to give to an officer of the
Commission any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he is empowered to give;
fails to produce to, or conceals or attempts to conceal from, an officer of the Commission any book, document, or article, in relation to which such officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed, or which is liable to seizure under this Act;
rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any thing which has been duly seized;
destroys any thing to prevent the seizure thereof, or the securing of the thing; or
interferes with, puts fear into, threatens or abducts or attempts to interfere with, put fear into, threaten or abduct any person involved in an investigation under this Act, commits an offence.