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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 s 36

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 s 36

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

Act no.
Act 621
Text as at
Status
In force
Type
Act
Data synced
23 September 2026
Cite as
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 [Act 621], s 36

s 36 Search warrant

(1) On an application referred to in section 35, the court may issue a warrant authorizing an authorized officer to enter and search the premises specified by the Attorney General if the court is satisfied that— (a) an order made under section 23 in relation to any thing on the premises has not been complied with; or (b) the conditions in subsection (2) are fulfilled. (2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (l)(b) are— (a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person specified in the request has committed or has benefited from a foreign serious offence; (b) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the application relates— (i) is likely to be of substantial value, whether by itself or together with another thing, to the criminal matter in respect of which the application is made; and (ii) does not consist of or include items subject to legal privilege; and (c) that the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for the warrant to be issued. (3) A warrant issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the court may specify in the warrant.

Malay text (authoritative)

(1) Atas permohonan yang disebut dalam seksyen 35, mahkamah boleh mengeluarkan suatu waran yang memberi kuasa seseorang pegawai diberi kuasa untuk memasuki dan menggeledah premis yang ditentukan oleh Peguam Negara jika mahkamah berpuas hati (a) perintah yang dibuat di bawah seksyen 23 berhubung dengan apa-apa benda di premis itu tidak dipatuhi; atau (b) syarat-syarat dalam subseksyen (2) telah dipenuhi. (2) Syarat-syarat yang disebut dalam perenggan (1)(b) ialah- (a) bahawa terdapat alasan yang munasabah untuk mengesyaki bahawa orang yang dinyatakan dalam permintaan itu telah melakukan atau telah mendapat manfaat daripada suatu kesalahan berat asing; (b) bahawa terdapat alasan yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa benda yang dengannya permohonan itu berkaitan- (i) berkemungkinan mempunyai nilai substansial, sama ada benda itu sendiri atau bersama dengan benda lain, kepada perkara jenayah yang berkenaan dengannya permohonan itu dibuat; dan (ii) tidak terdiri daripada atau termasuk butiran yang tertakluk kepada keistimewaan undang-undang; dan (c) bahawa mahkamah berpuas hati bahawa tidaklah bertentangan dengan kepentingan awam jika waran itu dikeluarkan. (3) Waran yang dikeluarkan di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah lertakluk kepada apa-apa syarat yang dinyatakan oleh mahkamah dalam waran itu. Kuasa tambahan orang yang melaksanakan waran geledah, dsb.

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Source
Laws of Malaysia (AGC)Synced from the official source

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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