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s 137 Penalty for offering or receiving bribes
(1) If any officer of customs or other person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling—
(a) makes any collusive seizure or delivers up or makes any agreement to deliver up or not to seize any vessel or aircraft or other means of conveyance, or any goods liable to seizure;
(b) accepts, agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, any bribe, gratuity, recompense or reward for the neglect or nonperformance of his duty; or
(c) conspires or connives with any person to import or export or is in any way concerned in the importation or exportation of any goods liable to customs duties or any goods prohibited to be imported or exported for the purpose of seizing any vessel, aircraft or conveyance or any goods and obtaining any reward for such seizure or otherwise,
every such officer so offending shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding *five years or to a fine not exceeding *ten thousand ringgit or to both such imprisonment and fine, and shall be interdicted from holding office in the public service of the Federal Government or the Government of any State, and every person who gives or offers or promises to give or procures to be given any bribes, gratuity, recompense or reward to, or makes any collusive agreement with, any such officer or person as aforesaid to induce him in any way to neglect his duty or to do, conceal or connive at any act whereby any of the provisions of any other law relating to imports or to exports may be evaded, shall be guilty as an abettor and so punishable under this Act.
(2) Any officer of customs who is found when on duty to have in his possession any monies in contravention of any departmental regulations issued in writing shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have received the same in contravention of paragraph (1)(b).
(3) If an officer of customs has reasonable suspicion that another officer of customs junior in rank to him has in his possession any money received in contravention of paragraph(1)(b) he may search such other officer.
*NOTE—Previously “twelve months” or “five thousand ringgit”–see Customs (Amendment) Act 2001 [Act A1109]. **NOTE—Previously “eighteen months, and to a fine not exceeding fire thousand ringgit”–see Customs (Amendment) Act 2001 [Act A1109].
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Jika mana-mana pegawai kastam atau orang Penalti lai yang hamhil bokerja dångari scimpurmanya bagt au pencegahan penyeludupan-
(a) membuat apa-apa penyitaan kolusif atau menyerah atau membuat apa-apa perjanjian untuk menyerah atau tidak menyita manamana vesel atau pesawat udara atau alat pengangkutan lain, apa-apa barangbarang yang boleh disita;
(b) Tan atnl gianh Ahanl menghilietn dai tidak menjalankan tugasnya; atau
(c) berkomplot dengan, membiarkan mengeksport atau dalam apa-apa cara terlibat dalam pengimportan atau pengeksportan apaapa barang-barang yang boleh dikenakan duti
[Bah. XIV, S. 137] kastam atau apa-apa barang-barang yang dilarang supaya diimport atau dieksport bagi maksud udksa drau keta emana atau a pasela paranabarang dan mendapatkan apa-apa upah kerana Liaptaia mepagavan suaty aesaamala resaryd ap lemia im dan, apabila disabitkan, boleh dipenjarakan selama suatu tempoh tidak melebihi lima tahun atau didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau kedua-dua penjara dan denda, dan hendaklah ditahan daripada memegang jawatan dalam perkhidmatan awam Kerajaan Persekutuan atau Kerajaan mana-mana Negeri, dan tiap-tiap orang yang memberi menawar berjanji untuk memberi atau menyebabkan untuk diberi apa-apa rasuah, ganjaran, balasan atau upah kepada, atau membuat apa-apa perjanjian kolusit dengan, ,mana-mana pegawai sedemikian atau orang yang disebut terdahulu untuk mendorongnya dalam apa-apa cara supaya mengabaikan tugaşnya atau melakukan, merahsiakan atau membiarkan apa-apa perbuatan di mana undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan impord ataudaspora mugaig dielak, adalah bersalah sebagai seorang pensubahat dan oleh itu boleh dihukum di bawah Akta ini.
(2) Mana-mana pegawai kastam yang didapati nempunyai dalam milikannya ketika bertugas apa-apa wang berlanggaran dengan mana-mana peraturan jabatan yang dikeluarkan secara bertulis hendaklał dianggap, sehingga dibuktikan sebaliknya, sebaga menerimanya dengan melanggari subseksyen (1) (b).
(3) Jika seorang pegawai kastam mempunyai syak pegawai kastam lain yang leng rendas bah kat daripegaya masan yainan milikannya apa-apa wang yang diterima berlanggaran dengan subseksyen (1) (b) dia boleh memeriksa pegawai lain itu.
[Bah. XIV, S. 138-140]
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).
