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Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 s 28

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 s 28

s 28 Obstruction of inspection or search

Any person who— (a) refuses any officer authorized to enter or search access to any premises, or conveyance; or (b) assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays him in effecting any entrance which he is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act; or (c) fails to comply with any lawful demands of any police officer or officer of customs in the execution of his duty under this Act; or (d) refuses or neglects to give any information which may reasonably be required of him and which he has it in his power to give; or (e) fails to produce or conceals or attempts to conceal any book, document, dangerous drug, syringe, pipe, lamp, or utensil in relation to which there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence has been or is being committed against this Act; or (f) rescues or endeavours to rescue or causes to be rescued any things which have been duly seized; or (g) furnishes to any officer as true, information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false; or (h) before or after any seizure, breaks or otherwise destroys anything to prevent the seizure thereof, or the securing of the same, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both. **NOTE—This Act has replaced the Post Office Act 1947 [Act 211]–see section 50 of Act 465. **NOTE—This Act has replaced the Telecommunications Act 1950 [Act 20]–see subsection 273(1) of Act 588.

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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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