(1) Any motor vehicle in respect of which there has been or there is reasonable cause to suspect that there has been committed any offence against subsection 19(3), paragraph 20(1)(b), section 33 or 34 may be seized by any road transport officer or any police officer not below the rank of Inspector at any place.
(2) When any motor vehicle has been seized under subsection (1), a road transport officer or a police officer not below the rank of Inspector may, at his discretion, temporarily return such vehicle to the owner of the same, on security being furnished to the satisfaction of such officer that the vehicle shall be surrendered to him on demand.
(3) An order for the forfeiture or for the release of any motor vehicle seized under subsection (1) shall be made by the court before which the prosecution with regard thereto has been held, and an order for the forfeiture of such vehicle shall be made if it is proved to the satisfaction
of the court that an offence against subsection 19(3), paragraph 20(1)(b), section 33 or 34 has been committed and that the vehicle was the subject matter of the offence, notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted of such an offence.
(4) If there is no prosecution with regard to any motor vehicle seized under subsection (1), such vehicle shall be released at the expiration of one calendar month from the date of seizure unless it has sooner been released.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penyitaan
(1) Mana-mana kenderaan motor yang berkenaan dengannya apa-apa kesalahan terhadap subseksyen 19(3), perenggan 20(1)(b), seksyen 33 atau 34 telah dilakukan atau disyaki dengan munasabah telah dilakukan boleh disita oleh mana-mana pegawai pengangkutan jalan atau mana-mana pegawai polis yang berpangkat tidak rendah daripada Inspektor di mana-mana tempat.
(2) Jika mana-mana kenderaan motor telah disita di bawah subseksyen (1), pegawai pengangkutan jalan atau pegawai polis yang berpangkat tidak rendah daripada Inspektor boleh, menurut budi bicaranya, mengembalikan buat sementara kenderaan tersebut kepada pemunyanya, atas jaminan yang memuaskan hati pegawai tersebut bahawa kenderaan itu akan diserah balik kepadanya apabila dituntut.
(3) Suatu perintah bagi melucut hak atau melepaskan mana-mana kenderaan yang disita di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah dibuat oleh mahkamah yang di hadapannya pendakwaan mengenai perlucuthakan atau pelepasan itu telah diadakan, dan suatu perintah bagi melucuthakkan kenderaan tersebut hendaklah dibuat jika ia dibuktikan sehingga memuaskan hati mahkamah bahawa suatu kesalahan terhadap subseksyen 19(3), perenggan 20(1)(b), seksyen 33 atau 34 telah dilakukan dan bahawa kenderaan motor itu adalah hal perkara kesalahan itu, walaupun tiada orang telah disabitkan atas kesalahan tersebut.
(4) Jika tiada pendakwaan berkenaan dengan mana-mana kenderaan motor yang telah disita di bawah subseksyen (1), kenderaan motor tersebut hendaklah dilepaskan apabila habisnya tempoh satu bulan kalendar dari tarikh penyitaan melainkan ia telah dilepaskan terlebih dahulu.
Text as at 15 October 2023 (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).
