s 32 Police officer may arrest persons under suspicious circumstances
Any police officer having reason to suspect that any person in or loitering about any pawn premises has with him any article dishonestly obtained, may detain such person and require him to produce any article he may have with him; and if such person shall refuse to comply with such requirement or shall produce any article which the police officer has reason to suspect to have been unlawfully obtained, he may take such person to the nearest police station there to be dealt with according to the law.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pegawai polis boleh menangkap orang dalam hal keadaan yang menimbulkan syak
Mana-mana pegawai polis yang ada sebab bagi mengesyaki bahawa mana-mana orang yang berada di dalam atau merayaurayau di mana-mana kedai pajak gadai ada padanya apa-apa barang yang telah didapatkan dengan curang, boleh menahan orang itu dan menghendakinya menunjukkan apa-apa barang yang ada padanya itu; dan jika orang itu enggan mematuhi kehendak itu atau menunjukkan apa-apa barang yang pegawai polis ada sebab bagi mengesyaki telah didapatkan dengan menyalahi undang-undang, dia boleh membawa orang itu ke balai polis yang paling hampir untuk diambil tindakan mengikut undang-undang.
Text as at 1 January 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).
