Section 44

Where such owner fails to surrender the thing seized on demand by such authorized person, 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 liable with a fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or to both, and the security furnished under subsection (1) shall be forfeited to the

Government.

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Cost of holding things seized