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(2) The Minister may in such regulations or by separate regulations
made under this Act provide that any act or omission in contravention
of the provisions of any regulation or of the terms or conditions
of any licence, permit or other authority issued under any regulation
shall be an offence and may impose one or more of the following
penalties for such offence, namely, fine, imprisonment and forfeiture:

Provided that no fine imposed by such regulations shall exceed
*twenty thousand ringgit and no penalty of imprisonment imposed
shall exceed a term of *seven years.

(3) All regulations made under this Act shall be published in
the Gazette and shall be laid as soon as practicable before the
Dewan Rakyat.

(4) If a resolution of the Dewan Rakyat is passed within the
next subsequent three months after any such regulation is laid
before it annulling the regulation or any part thereof, the whole
regulation or such part thereof as the case may be shall thenceforth
be void but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done thereunder.

Drug Enforcement Officers to be deemed public servants

48. All Drug Enforcement Officers under this Act shall be deemed
to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code.

Action of officers no offence

49. Nothing done by any officer of the Government in the course
of his duties shall be deemed to be an offence under this Act.

Repeal

50. The Ordinances, Enactments and Proclamation specified in
the Third Schedule are hereby repealed.

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