Malaysia legislation

Section 48

of Sustainable Resources and Wastes Management, 2025

Section 48

Obstruction to search

(a)

refuses an authorized person or police officer access to any vehicle, ship, aircraft or premises in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Ordinance;

(b)

assaults, obstructs, impedes or interferes with an authorized person or police officer in the performance of his powers under this Ordinance; or

(c)

refuses an authorized person or police officer any information relating to an offence or suspected offence under

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this Ordinance or any other information which may reasonably be required of him and which he has in his knowledge or power to give, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.

Power of Chief Executive Officer to keep or dispose things seized

Section 48 — Sustainable Resources and Wastes Management, 2025