Where any equipment, instrument, material, book, record, account, document, thing or matter seized under this Act or its subsidiary legislation is held in the custody of the Government or the Commission pending completion of any proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act or its subsidiary legislation, the cost of holding such thing in custody shall, in the event of any person being found to have committed an offence, be a debt due to the Government by such person and shall be recoverable accordingly.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kos bagi memegang kelengkapan, dsb., yang disita
Jika apa-apa kelengkapan, peralatan, bahan, buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, benda atau perkara yang disita di bawah Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya dipegang dalam jagaan Kerajaan atau Suruhanjaya sementara menunggu penyelesaian apa-apa prosiding yang berkenaan dengan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya, kos bagi memegang benda itu dalam jagaan hendaklah, sekiranya mana-mana orang didapati telah melakukan suatu kesalahan, menjadi hutang yang kena dibayar oleh orang itu kepada Kerajaan dan hendaklah didapatkan dengan sewajarnya.
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).
