Entry, search and seizure
Open ↗An authorized officer may at all reasonable times enter into any place where a pesticide is or may reasonably be supposed to be kept or stored and, by himself or by some other person accompanying him and acting under his instructions and in his presence, may search the place and may—
(a) examine and, on payment of the current market value thereof, if demanded, take samples of any substance found in the place and reasonably believed to be or to contain a pesticide;
(b) require the production of, inspect, make copies of, or take extracts from, any book or record relating or reasonably believed to relate to any dealing in or with pesticides and kept or found in the place and may, if he has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act or the rules or regulations, seize it;
(c) seize, detain, or remove any substance found therein that is reasonably believed to be or to contain a pesticide in respect of which an offence against this Act or the rules or regulations is being or has been committed, and mark, seal, or otherwise secure the substance in order to effect seizure, detention, or removal thereof. Power to stop and search conveyances
*NOTE—See P.U. (A) 97/1976—Modification of Laws (Criminal Procedure) (Sabah and Sarawak) Order 1976.
Open ↗(1) If an authorized officer has reasonable suspicion that a conveyance is carrying a pesticide in contravention of this Act or the rules or regulations or in respect of which an offence against this Act or the rules or regulations is being or has been committed, he may stop and examine the conveyance and seize any pesticide found therein in respect of which the contravention or offence is suspected to be or to have been committed and any book or document that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the contravention or of the commission of the offence.
(2) The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorized officer
(a) stop the conveyance and allow the authorized officer to examine it; and
(b) open all parts of the conveyance for examination and take all measures to enable or facilitate the carrying out of such examination as the authorized officer considers necessary, and if he fails to do so he commits an offence. Identification of officers when taking action
Open ↗(1) An authorized officer must, if not in uniform, on demand declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is acting, the prescribed certificate of indentify.
(2) A person may refuse to comply with a request, requisition, demand, or order made by an authorized ofticer acting or purporting to act under this Act if he is not in uniform and refuses, on demand by the person, to declare his office and produce his certificate of identity.
