Section 35
Temporary release of items seized
of Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation Ordinance, 1973 ( Ord. No. 3/73 )
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Where any item has been seized under this Ordinance, an authorized officer may, subject to terms and conditions as the General
Manager deems fit to impose, temporarily release such item to the owner on application and on security (as assessed by the General
Manager) being furnished that such items shall be surrendered to him on demand or to produce it before a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2)
Where such owner fails to surrender the items seized on demand by such authorized officer, or fails to produce it before a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit or ten times the value of the items so seized, whichever is greater, or imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both and the security furnished under subsection (1) shall be forfeited to the State.