Malaysian Cocoa Board (Incorporation) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part V
23D. Power to stop and search conveyances
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
If an authorized officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any conveyance is carrying any cocoa, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or any other article in respect of which an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this
authorized officer
“authorized officer” means— (a) an officer of the Board authorized under section 23A; (b) a police officer not below the rank of Inspector; or (c) an officer of customs;
Act is being or has been committed, he may stop and examine the conveyance and may, if on examination he has reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance is or has been used for the commission of such offence, seize such conveyance and any cocoa, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article found in the conveyance that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of such offence.
conveyance
“conveyance” means any mode of transport, whether by air, sea or land;
The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorized officer—
stop the conveyance and allow the authorized officer to examine it; and
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 authorized officer considers necessary.
A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty
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cocoa
“cocoa” means the plant of the genus Theobroma or any related genus or species or any hybrids or clones of the genus or species, plants resulting from the crossing of these species, hybrids or clones with any other species, hybrids or clones of plants, and genetically engineered versions of these species, hybrids or clones, and includes cocoa beans and cocoa products;
thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Terms defined in s 2
authorized officer
Defined · s 2“authorized officer” means— (a) an officer of the Board authorized under section 23A; (b) a police officer not below the rank of Inspector; or (c) an officer of customs;
cocoa
Defined · s 2“cocoa” means the plant of the genus Theobroma or any related genus or species or any hybrids or clones of the genus or species, plants resulting from the crossing of these species, hybrids or clones with any other species, hybrids or clones of plants, and genetically engineered versions of these species, hybrids or clones, and includes cocoa beans and cocoa products;
conveyance
Defined · s 2“conveyance” means any mode of transport, whether by air, sea or land;
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