Sections 58β59 were repealed by later amendments.
s 45 No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable
No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of any items, strategic items or unlisted items, or any container, package, conveyance or other article in which the items, strategic items or unlisted items are stored, kept or found, record, book, account, document or computerized data seized in the 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 unless such seizure was made without reasonable cause.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tiada kos atau ganti rugi yang berbangkit daripada penyitaan boleh didapatkan
Tiada seorang pun boleh, dalam mana-mana prosiding di hadapan mana-mana mahkamah berkenaan dengan mana-mana barang strategik atau barang tidak tersenarai, atau apa-apa bekas, bungkusan, pengangkutan, atau benda lain yang di dalamnya barang strategik atau barang tidak tersenarai itu distorkan, disimpan atau dijumpai, rekod, buku, akaun, dokumen atau data berkomputer yang disita pada menjalankan atau yang berupa sebagai menjalankan mana-mana kuasa yang diberikan di bawah Akta ini, berhak kepada kos prosiding sedemikian atau kepada apa-apa ganti rugi atau relief lain melainkan jika penyitaan itu dibuat tanpa sebab munasabah.
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Text as at 4 July 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).
