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s 113 Search of persons arriving in Malaysia
Any person landing, or being about to land, or having recently landed, from any vessel or aircraft, or leaving any vessel or aircraft in territorial waters, whether for the purpose of landing or otherwise, or entering or having recently entered Malaysia by road or railway shall, on demand by any proper officer of customs either permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by such officer, or together with such goods and baggage accompany such officer to a customs office or police station and there permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by an officer of customs:
Provided that—
(a) any person who requests that his person be searched in the presence of a senior officer of customs shall not be searched except in the presence of and under the supervision of such officer, but such person may be detained until the arrival of such officer, or taken to any customs office or police station where such officer may be found;
(b) the goods and baggage of any person who requests to be present when they are searched and so presents himself within a reasonable time shall not be searched except in his presence;
(c) no female shall be searched except by another female with strict regard to decency.
Malay text (authoritative)
Mana-mana orang yang mendarat, atau hampir akan mendarat, atau setelah baru sanaja mendarat, dari mana-mana vesel atau pesawat udara, atau meninggalkan mana-mana vesel atau pesawat adara dalam perairan wilayah, sama ada bagi maksud mendarat atau selainnya, atau memasuki atau setelah baru sahaja memasuki Malaysia melalui jalan atau keretapi hendaklah, apabila diminta oleh mana-mana pegawai kastam yang hak jenarkan dirinya, barang-barang dan bagasiny diperiksa oleh pegawai itu, atau bersama-sama :
: [Bah. XII, S. 113-114] barang-barang dan bagasi itu pergi bersama-sama pegawai itu ke suatu pejabat kastam atau balai polis dan di sana membenarkan dirinya, barang-barang dan bagasinya diperiksa oleh seorang pegawai kastam: Dengan syarat bahawa—
(a) mana-mana orang yang memınta supaya dirinya diperiksa di hadapan seorang pegawai kanan kastam tidak boleh diperiksa kecuali di pegawai itu berada;
(b) barang-barang dan bagasi mana-mana orang yang memınta untuk hadir apabila barangbarang dan bagasinya diperiksa dan meng hadirkan dirinya dalam masa yang munasabah diperiksa kecuali dengan kehadirannya;
(c) tiada seorang perempuan pun boleh diperiksa kecuali oleh seorang perempuan.
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).
