Section 45
Temporary return of conveyance, etc.
of Malaysian Pepper Board Act 2006
(1)
Where any conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is seized under this Act, the court may temporarily return the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the owner of the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment
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or the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized, subject to such terms and conditions as the court may impose and subject, in any case, to sufficient security being furnished to the satisfaction of the court that the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment shall be surrendered to the court on demand and that such terms and conditions, if any, shall be complied with.
(2)
Where any seized conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is temporarily returned under subsection (1), a person who—
(a)
fails, on demand, to surrender the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the court; or
(b)
contravenes any of the terms or conditions imposed under subsection (1), commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.