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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 234
(5) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding *twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding *five years or to both. Exemption of preparation in the possession of travellers 25. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to apply to such quantity of any dangerous drug in the form of a medicinal preparation in the possession of any person arriving in Malaysia by land, air or water from any place outside Malaysia as is reasonably required for the use of such person and which has been supplied to such person bona fide by or on the prescription of a medical practitioner residing outside Malaysia in accordance with the law of the country in which such drug was so supplied, provided that such person shall, as soon as possible on arrival, declare his possession of such dangerous drug to an officer having authority under this Act to search such person and shall submit to such medical examination as may be required of him. PART V A 25A–25P .
(Deleted by Act 283). PART VI ANCILLARY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Interpretation 26. In this Part— “senior officer of customs” and “officer of customs” have, respectively, the same meaning as that assigned to such expressions in the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235]. Powers of inspection and seizure 27. (1) Whenever it appears to any Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, upon information and after such inquiry as he thinks necessary, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in or on any premises there is concealed or deposited any dangerous drug, syringe, pipe, lamp, utensil or other article liable to forfeiture under this Act, or *NOTE—Previously “ten thousand ringgit” and “three years imprisonment”–see Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 1973 [Act A194].