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Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 s 6

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 s 6

s 6 Power to enter premises

(1) Where any authorized person, any police officer not below the rank of Inspector or any customs officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence against this Act has been committed, the authorized person, the police officer or the customs officer after producing to the occupier the authority card issued to him, may enter any premises and may carry out such inspections and examinations (including the inspection and examination of books) as he may consider necessary and may seize and detain any books, documents or other things or petroleum found in those premises which may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act. (2) Any person who obstructs or impedes any authorized person, police officer or customs officer in the lawful exercise of any of his powers under this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

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Find Act 128 on lom.agc.gov.my β†—

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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