Section 24
Power to stop, search and seize conveyance
of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011
If an enforcement officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any conveyance is carrying a plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, microorganism or other article in respect of which an offence under this 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 plant, animal, carcass, fish, agricultural produce, soil, microorganism or other
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article found in the conveyance that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of such offence.
(2)
The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the enforcement officer—
(a)
stop the conveyance and allow the enforcement officer to examine it; and
(b)
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 enforcement officer considers necessary.