s 45 Search and seizure without warrant
If an authorized officer is satisfied upon information received that he has reasonable cause to believe that by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant under section 44 the investigation would be adversely affected or evidence of the commission of an offence is likely to be tampered with, removed, damaged or destroyed, the authorized officer may enter the premises and exercise in, upon and in
respect of the premises all the powers referred to in section 44 in as full and ample a manner as if he were authorized to do so by a warrant issued under that section.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penggeledahan dan penyitaan tanpa waran
Jika seseorang pegawai diberi kuasa berpuas hati atas maklumat yang diterima bahawa dia mempunyai sebab yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa oleh sebab kelengahan dalam memperoleh suatu waran geledah di bawah seksyen 44 penyiasatan akan terjejas atau keterangan mengenai pelakuan sesuatu kesalahan mungkin diganggu, dipindahkan, dirosakkan atau dimusnahkan, pegawai diberi kuasa itu boleh memasuki premis itu dan menjalankan dalam, di dan berkenaan dengan premis itu semua kuasa yang disebut dalam seksyen 44 dengan cara yang sepenuhnya dan secukupnya seolah-olah dia telah diberi kuasa untuk berbuat demikian oleh suatu waran yang dikeluarkan di bawah seksyen itu.
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Find Act 710 on lom.agc.gov.my β
Text as at 1 August 2024 (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).
