Malaysia legislation
Section 40
Section 40
Power to seize
(2)
Every authorized person or police officer seizing any property under this section shall place on such goods, or on the receptacle, if any, in which it is contained, a mark or seal indicating that it has been so seized.
(3)
Any person (other than an authorized person, police officer, officer of customs or other public servants in the course of discharging their duties under any written law) who tampers with, removes, damages or destroys anything seized under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable with a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both.
Power to stop and search conveyances, etc.