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Pesticides Act 1974 s 31

Pesticides Act 1974 s 31

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 31 Entry, search and seizure

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.

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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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