Plant Quarantine Act 1976 s 17

s 17 Power of seizure, detention and destruction of noxious plants

(1) Any Inspecting Officer, or any officer of customs at any place at which any noxious plant is imported or kept, in contravention of this Act or of any condition that may be imposed under section 14, shall— (a) in the case of an Inspecting Officer, seize and effectively destroy such plant; and (b) in the case of an officer of customs, seize and detain such plant until it is placed in the charge of an Inspecting Officer who shall effectively destroy it. (2) In this section “officer of customs” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235].

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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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