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24 Laws of Malaysia ACT 234

Removal licences in transit

22. (1) No person shall—
(a) in any way move any such drug from the conveyance by
which it is brought into Malaysia in transit; or
(b) in any way move any such drug in Malaysia at any time
after removal from such conveyance,

except under and in accordance with a licence (in the Form D set
out in the Second Schedule and in this Act referred to as a “removal
licence”) issued by the Minister. In all cases it shall be in the
absolute discretion of the Minister to issue or refuse a removal
licence as he shall deem fit.

(2) No removal licence for the transfer of any such drug to any
conveyance for removal out of Malaysia shall be issued unless and
until a valid and subsisting export authorization or diversion certificate
relating to it is produced to the Minister save that where the drug
has come from a country not a party to the Convention this subsection
shall not apply.

(3) This section shall not apply to dangerous drugs in transit by
post.

(4) Notwithstanding this section the Minister may in his absolute
discretion authorize the temporary removal for safe custody of
such quantities of dangerous drugs as may reasonably form part
of the medical stores of any ship or aircraft on such terms and
subject to such conditions as he shall think fit.

(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.

Drugs not to be tampered with
23. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause any dangerous
drug in transit to be subjected to any process which would alter
its nature, or wilfully to open or break any package containing a

*NOTE—Previously “ten thousand ringgit” and “three years imprisonment”–see Dangerous Drugs
(Amendment) Act 1973 [Act A194].