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s 108 When search may be made without warrant
Whenever it appears to any senior officer of customs that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place there are concealed or deposited any prohibited or uncustomed goods or goods liable to forfeiture under this Act or any regulation made thereunder or as to which an offence under this Act or such regulation has been committed, and if he has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant such goods are likely to be removed, such officer may exercise in, upon and in respect of such dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place all the powers mentioned in section 107 in as full and ample a manner as if he were authorized so to do by a warrant issued under that section.
Malay text (authoritative)
Apabila didapati oleh mana-mana pegawai kanan geledahar bahawa ada sebab munasabah untuk boieh dibuat tanpa waran. . mempercayai bahawa • dalam mana-mana rumah kediaman, kedai, atau bangunan atau tempat lain ada :
[Bah. XII, S. 108-109] tersembunyi atau didepositkan apa-apa barang-barang larangan : nempunyai nempercayai bahawa oleh sebab kelewatan dalar akan dipindahkan, pegawai itu boleh menggunakar dalam, atas dan berkenaan dengan rumah kediaman, kedai, atau bangunan atau tempat lain itu kuasa-kuasa yang disebutkan dalam seksyen 107 dengan suatu cara yang sepenuh dan secukupnya seolah-olah dia diberikuasa untuk berbuat demikian oleh suatu waran yang dikeluarkan di bawah seksyen itu.
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).
