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40                       Laws of Malaysia                  ACT 234


                       (xxv) a  total  of  50  grammes  or  more  in  weight  of  any
                              combination  of  the  dangerous  drugs  listed  in
                              subparagraphs  (xi)  to  (xxiv),

                        otherwise than in accordance with the authority of this
                        Act or any other written law, shall be presumed, until the
                        contrary is proved, to be trafficking in the said drug;
                    (e) any person who is found to have had in his possession
                        or under his control or subject to his order any document
                        of  title  relating  to  any  dangerous  drug  shall,  until  the
                        contrary is proved, be deemed to have known the nature
                        of such drug;

                    (f) if  any  dangerous  drug  is  found  to  be  concealed  in  any
                        ship or aircraft it shall be presumed, until the contrary
                        is  proved,  that  the  said  drug  is  so  concealed  with  the
                        knowledge of the master of the ship or aircraft and has
                        been imported in such ship or aircraft;

                    (g) if  any  dangerous  drug  is  found  to  be  concealed  in  any
                        premises, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved,
                        that the said drug is so concealed with the knowledge of
                        the occupier of the premises;

                    (h) if  any  dangerous  drug  is  found  concealed  in  any
                        compartment, specially constructed for the purpose, on
                        any vehicle, it shall until the contrary is proved, be deemed
                        to  have  been  so  concealed  with  the  knowledge  of  the
                        owner of the vehicle and of the person in charge of the
                        vehicle for the time being;

                    (i) evidence by a police officer not below the rank of Sergeant
                        or by a senior officer of customs that any pipe or other
                        article is for use in the consumption of prepared opium,
                        cannabis,  cannabis  resin  or  substances  of  which  such
                        resin forms the base, or in the preparation of any of the
                        aforesaid  substances  for  consumption  shall,  until  the
                        contrary is proved, be deemed to be sufficient evidence
                        of  the  fact,  and  for  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph
                        “consumption”  means  eating,  chewing,  smoking,
                        swallowing, drinking, inhaling or introducing any of the
                        aforesaid substances into the body in any manner or by
                        any means whatsoever;
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