This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.
s 60 No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable unless seizure without reasonable or probable cause
No person shall in any proceedings before any court in respect of the seizure of any goods seized in exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the costs of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief other than an order for
the return of such goods or the payment of their value unless such seizure was made without reasonable or probable cause.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tiada kos atau ganti rugi akibat penyitaan boleh dituntut melainkan jika penyitaan itu dilakukan tanpa sebab yang munasabah atau barangkali
Dalam sesuatu prosiding di hadapan mana-mana mahkamah berkenaan dengan penyitaan apa-apa barang yang telah disita pada menjalankan atau pada berupa menjalankan apa-apa kuasa yang diberikan di bawah Akta ini, tiada seseorang pun berhak mendapat kos prosiding itu atau kepada apa-apa ganti rugi atau relief lain kecuali suatu perintah supaya dikembalikan barang-barang itu atau supaya dibayar nilainya melainkan jika barang-barang itu telah disita tanpa sebab yang munasabah atau barangkali.
Text as at 1 November 2012 (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).
