Section 22
Unclaimed property
Subject to subsection (2), it shall be the duty of every police officer to take charge of unclaimed movable property which is handed by any person to, or found by, him; and he shall deliver such property to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, who shall cause to be posted in some conspicuous place at the police station a notice specifying such property and calling upon any person who may have
*NOTE— Previously “two hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months”–
see paragraph 4(b) of the Police (Amendment) Act 2024 [Act A1705].
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any claim thereto within two months from the date of such notice to appear and establish his claim.
(2)
If the property aforesaid is of a perishable nature the officer in charge may cause it to be sold forthwith and shall forward to the
Officer in Charge of the Police District the proceeds of such sale; and such proceeds shall, after the deduction of any expenses reasonably incurred, be paid to the person who within the period specified in subsection (1) establishes his claim thereto.
(3)
Any property aforesaid which is not claimed within the period specified in subsection (1) may be sold or otherwise disposed of or destroyed in such manner as the Commanding Officer may direct; and the proceeds of any sale of such property shall, after the deduction of any expenses reasonably incurred in such sale, be apportioned in the following manner—
(a)
such proportion as the Commanding Officer may direct may be paid to the finder of the property;
(b)
the first fifty ringgit of the balance, if any, shall be paid into the Police Fund established under Part XIII and the remainder shall be paid into the general revenues of
Malaysia.
(4)
No police officer or extra police officer shall purchase any property sold under this section; and any police officer or extra police officer who contravenes this subsection shall be guilty of an offence against discipline.