Malaysia legislation
Section 51
Section 51
Conviction under any other written law
Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall prevent the prosecution, conviction and punishment of any person according to the provisions of any other written law for the time being in force in the Federation or in any part thereof:
Provided that no person shall be punished more than once for the same offence.
No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable unless seizure without reasonable cause 52.
No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of the seizure of any goods seized in exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Ordinance, be entitled to the costs of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief other than an order for the return of such goods or the payment of their value unless such seizure was made without reasonable cause.
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