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Section 37H

Power to seal premises

of Sabah Water Supply Enactment 2003

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 48 of 88
Section 37H
(1)

If by reason of its nature, size or amount, it is not practicable to remove any equipment, device, appliance, material, book, record, account, document or other thing or any receptacle, package or conveyance that has been seized in or on any premises, the authorized officer shall, by any means, seal such premises from where the equipment, device, appliance, material, book, record, account, document or other thing or the receptacle, package or conveyance was found.

(2)

Any person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (1) or removes any equipment, device, appliance, material, book, record, account, document or other thing or any receptacle, package or conveyance seized under seal or attempts to do so, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.