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26 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 VA

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].