Malaysia legislation
Section 40
Section 40
“General penalty
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) A forest officer not below the rank of Forester, an authorized officer or a police officer may—
(a)
arrest without warrant—
(i)
any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed a forest offence which is a seizable offence within the meaning of the Criminal
Procedure Code [Act 593]; or
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(ii)
any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed a forest offence other than the offence specified in subparagraph (i), 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
(b)
seize any thing which he considers necessary to seize in relation to the evidence necessary to establish the commission of any such offence.”; and
(b)
in subsection (3), by inserting after the words
“Assistant District Forest Officer,” the words
“any authorized officer,”.
Amendment of section 89