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Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 10

Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 10

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 10

(1) Where an officer or-anr-authorized afficer exercises the powers under sections 6 and 7, he may in addition— (a) search any person in the vehicle or dwelling house shop business premises or other building but a female may be searched only by another female; (b) detain any person found in the dwelling house shop business premises or other building unțil the search has been.completed; (c) break open any door or any window of the dwelling house shop business premises or other building and forcibly enter therein; and (d) inspect or make extract from or take possession of any books documents or papers kept for the purposes of this Act. (2). Where an officer or an authorized-officer exercises the powers under section 9, he may- (a) seize any wild animal or wild bird live or dead or part thereof trophy • firearm ammunition snare poison/poisoned bait nest or egg or any other object appliance weapon or material which is the subject. matter subpected of being used in ithe commssion of an offence under this Act; (b) remove the objects appliances weapons or materials necessary, to the nearest police, station pending eventual removal to the office of the Game Warden to be retained in his custody for a period not sonared for an olenc or ay of ar ypocdi e under this Act in respect of the objects appliances weapons or materials are taken, in which case they may. be further cetäined urfi) the proceedings are finally concludedçand (c) remove by force any obstruction impeding the exercise of his powers under that section. [Pt. II, C. 2, S. 11-15]

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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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