Section 88
Section 88
A forest officer not below the rank of Forester or a police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed a forest offence, if the person refuses to furnish his name and address or furnishes an address out of
Malaysia or there are reasonable grounds for believing that he has furnished a false name or address or that he is likely to abscond;
and may seize any thing which he considers it necessary to seize in relation to the evidence necessary to establish the commission of any such offence.
(2)
When any person has been arrested under subsection (1) he shall thereafter be dealt with as provided by the Criminal Procedure
Code [Act 593].
(3)
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.