Section 88

When any person has been arrested under subsection (1) he shall thereafter be dealt with as provided by the Criminal Procedure

Code [Act 593].

Any forest officer not below the rank of Assistant District

Forest Officer, any police officer not below the rank of Sergeant and any officer in charge of a police station may, in relation to

*NOTE—Previously “two thousand ringgit” –see the National Forestry (Amendment) Act 1993 [Act A864].

**NOTE—Previously “one year” –see the National Forestry (Amendment) Act 1993 [Act A864].

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any investigation in respect of any forest offence, without order of the Public Prosecutor, exercise the special powers in relation to police investigations given by the Criminal Procedure Code in any seizable case.

Seizure of forest produce the subject of an offence