50
Laws of Malaysia
Act 694
Obstruction of investigation and search
48. Any person who—
- (a) refuses any officer of the Commission access to any premises, or fails to submit to a search by a person authorized to search him under this Act;
- (b) assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any officer of the Commission in the execution of his duty under this Act;
- (c) fails to comply with any lawful demand, notice, order or requirement of an officer of the Commission in the execution of his duty under this Act;
- (d) omits, refuses or neglects to give to an officer of the Commission any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he is empowered to give;
- (e) fails to produce to, or conceals or attempts to conceal from, an officer of the Commission any book, document, or article, in relation to which such officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed, or which is liable to seizure under this Act;
- (f) rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any thing which has been duly seized;
- (g) destroys any thing to prevent the seizure thereof, or the securing of the thing; or
- (h) interferes with, puts fear into, threatens or abducts or attempts to interfere with, put fear into, threaten or abduct any person involved in an investigation under this Act,
commits an offence.
Offences under Act to be seizable offences and powers of officers of the Commission relating to investigations
49. (1) Every offence under this Act shall be a seizable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code.
