Malaysia legislation

Section 56

of SOCIETIES ACT 1966

Section 56

(2)

Where any books, accounts, writings, lists of members, seals, banners or insignia of, or relating to, any society are found—

(a)

in the possession, custody or under the control of any person, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such person assists in the management of such society;

(b)

concealed in any premises it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the same are in the possession of the occupier of the premises.

(3)

When it appears to a court that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any place entered or searched under any lawful power conferred by or under this Act was immediately before or at the time of such entry, being used by or for the purposes of an unlawful society, any person found in such place at any time during such search or found leaving therefrom immediately before or at the time of such entry, shall unless he gives a satisfactory account of the reasons for his presence in the said place, be presumed to be a member of the unlawful society.