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Water Services Industry Act 2006 s 154

Water Services Industry Act 2006 s 154

s 154 Release of things seized

(1) If any thing has been seized under this Act, the authorized officer who effected the seizure, may at any time after that release the thing to the person as he determines to be lawfully entitled to the thing if he is satisfied that the thing is not otherwise required for the purpose of any proceedings under this Act or its subsidiary legislation, or for the purpose of any prosecution under any other written law, and in such event neither the officer effecting the seizure, nor the Federal Government, the Commission or any person acting on behalf of the Government or the Commission shall be liable to any proceedings by any person if the seizure and the release of the thing had been effected in good faith. (2) A record in writing shall be made by the authorized officer effecting the release of any thing under subsection (1) specifying in detail the circumstances of and the reason for the release and he shall send a copy of the record to the Public Prosecutor and to the Inspector-General of Police within seven days of the release.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pelepasan benda yang disita

(1) Jika apa-apa benda telah disita di bawah Akta ini, pegawai diberi kuasa yang membuat penyitaan itu, boleh pada bila-bila masa selepas itu melepaskan benda itu kepada orang yang diputuskan olehnya sebagai berhak secara sah kepada benda itu jika dia berpuas hati bahawa benda itu tidak dikehendaki selainnya bagi maksud mana-mana prosiding di bawah Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya, atau bagi maksud apa-apa pendakwaan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis lain, dan dalam hal ini pegawai yang membuat penyitaan itu atau Kerajaan Persekutuan, Suruhanjaya atau mana-mana orang yang bertindak bagi pihak Kerajaan atau Suruhanjaya tidak boleh dikenakan apa-apa prosiding oleh manamana orang jika penyitaan dan pelepasan benda itu telah dibuat dengan suci hati. (2) Suatu rekod bertulis hendaklah dibuat oleh pegawai diberi kuasa yang membuat pelepasan mana-mana benda di bawah subseksyen (1) yang menyatakan secara terperinci hal keadaan dan sebab bagi pelepasan itu dan dia hendaklah menghantarkan suatu salinan rekod itu kepada Pendakwa Raya dan kepada Ketua Polis Negara dalam tempoh tujuh hari dari pelepasan itu.

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Find Act 655 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 August 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).

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