Malaysia legislation
Section 44
of Sabah Climate Change And Carbon Governance Enactment 2025
Section 44
Any authorized officer may at all reasonable hours, exercise the following powers:
(a)
to enter any premises other than premises used only for residential;
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(b)
to inspect or verify any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing, material, plant, equipment, machinery, goods, product, device, label, item or other things found in the premises;
(c)
to take samples of any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing, material, plant, equipment, machinery, goods, product, device, label, item or other things found in the premises for the purpose of ascertaining, by testing or otherwise, whether an offence has been committed;
(d)
to make copies of or extract any document, record, computerized data, digitalized data, plan, drawing or other things found in the premises; and
(e)
to require, but only if and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of this Enactment and of any order or directions made under this Enactment are duly observed, any person having authority to do so to break open any container or open any machine, and if that person does not comply with the requirement, the authorized officer may do so himself.
Search and seizure with warrant