s 83 Forfeiture
(1) Any book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter seized under this Act shall be liable to forfeiture.
(2) An order for the forfeiture of the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter seized and liable to forfeiture under this Act shall be made by the court before which the prosecution with regard to it has been held if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that an offence under this Act or any breach of the conditions subject to which a licence has been granted, has been committed and that the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter seized was the subject matter of or were used in the commission of the offence, notwithstanding that no person has been convicted of such offence.
(3) If there is no prosecution with regard to any book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter seized under this Act, such book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment,
instrument or matter shall be taken or deemed to be forfeited at the expiration of a period of one calendar month from the date of service of notice to the last-known address of the person from whom the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter was seized indicating that there is no prosecution in respect of such book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter, unless before the expiration of that period a claim to it is made before that date in the manner provided in this section.
(4) A person asserting that he is the owner of the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter referred to in subsection (3) and that it is not liable to forfeiture may, personally or by his agent authorized in writing, give written notice to the Commission or any authorized officer in whose possession book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter is held that he claims the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter.
(5) On receipt of the notice under subsection (4), the Commission or any authorized officer shall refer the matter to a First Class Magistrate for his decision.
(6) A First Class Magistrate to whom the matter is referred under subsection (5) shall issue a summons requiring the person asserting that he is the owner of the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter and the person from whom it was seized to appear before a First Class Magistrate and upon their appearance or default to appear, due service of the summons having been proved, a First Class Magistrate shall proceed to the examination of the matter and, on proof that an offence under this Act has been committed and that the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter seized was the subject matter or was used in the commission of
such offence, the First Class Magistrate shall order the book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter to be forfeited, and shall, in the absence of such proof, order its release.
(7) Any book, record, account, document, computerized data, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, equipment, instrument or matter forfeited or deemed to be forfeited shall be delivered to the Commission or an authorized officer and shall be disposed of in the manner as the Commission thinks fit.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pelucuthakan
(1) Apa-apa buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau barang yang disita di bawah Akta ini boleh dilucuthakkan.
(2) Suatu perintah bagi pelucuthakan buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara yang disita dan boleh dilucuthakkan di bawah Akta ini hendaklah dibuat oleh mahkamah yang di hadapannya pendakwaan berkenaan dengannya telah diadakan jika dibuktikan sehingga mahkamah berpuas hati bahawa suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau apa-apa pelanggaran syarat-syarat suatu lesen yang diberikan, telah dilakukan dan bahawa buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu adalah hal perkara atau telah digunakan dalam pelakuan kesalahan itu, walaupun pada hakikatnya tiada seorang pun telah disabitkan atas kesalahan itu.
(3) Jika tiada pendakwaan berkenaan dengan apa-apa buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara yang disita di bawah Akta ini, maka buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu hendaklah dianggap atau disifatkan telah dilucuthakkan setelah tamat tempoh satu bulan kalendar dari tarikh penyampaian notis ke alamat terakhir seseorang yang daripadanya buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer,
papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu disita yang menyatakan bahawa tiada pendakwaan berhubungan dengan buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu, melainkan jika suatu tuntutan dibuat sebelum tarikh itu mengikut cara yang diperuntukkan dalam seksyen ini.
(4) Seseorang yang menegaskan bahawa dia ialah pemunya buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara yang disebut dalam subseksyen (3) dan bahawa benda itu tidak boleh dilucuthakkan, boleh secara sendiri atau melalui ejennya yang diberi kuasa secara bertulis, memberikan notis bertulis kepada Suruhanjaya atau mana-mana pegawai yang diberi kuasa yang buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu berada dalam milikannya bahawa dia menuntut buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu.
(5) Apabila diterima suatu notis di bawah subseksyen (4), Suruhanjaya atau mana-mana pegawai yang diberi kuasa hendaklah merujuk perkara itu kepada Majistret Kelas Pertama bagi keputusannya.
(6) Majistret Kelas Pertama yang kepadanya perkara itu dirujukkan di bawah subseksyen (5) hendaklah mengeluarkan suatu saman yang menghendaki orang yang menegaskan bahawa dialah pemunya buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu dan orang yang daripadanya barangan itu disita untuk hadir di hadapannya dan apabila dia hadir atau tidak hadir, setelah penyampaian wajar saman dibuktikan, Majistret Kelas Pertama itu hendaklah meneruskan pemeriksaan perkara itu, dan apabila dibuktikan bahawa suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini telah dilakukan dan bahawa buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu merupakan hal perkara atau telah digunakan dalam pelakuan kesalahan itu, Majistret
Kelas Pertama itu hendaklah memerintahkan supaya buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara itu dilucuthakkan, dan boleh, jika tiada bukti sedemikian, memerintahkan pelepasan barangan itu.
(7) Apa-apa buku, rekod, akaun, dokumen, data berkomputer, papan tanda, kad, surat, risalah, lembaran, notis, kelengkapan, peralatan atau perkara yang dilucuthakkan atau disifatkan sebagai telah dilucuthakkan hendaklah diserahkan kepada Suruhanjaya atau seorang pegawai yang diberi kuasa yang hendaklah melupuskannya dengan cara yang disifatkan sesuai oleh Suruhanjaya.
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).
