Laws of Malaysia
12
ACT 563
(b) require—
(i) the person by whom or on whose behalf the police
officer has reasonable cause to suspect the computer
is or has been so used; or
(ii) any person having charge of or otherwise concerned
with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or
material,
to provide him with such reasonable assistance as he may
require for the purposes of paragraph (a); and
(c) require any information contained in a computer and
accessible from the premises to be produced in a form
in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible
and legible.
(2) Whenever it appears to any police officer of or above the
rank of Inspector that there is reasonable cause to believe that in
any premises there is concealed or deposited any evidence of the
commission of an offence under this Act, and the police officer
has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay
in obtaining a search warrant the object of the search is likely to
be frustrated, he may exercise in and in respect of the premises
all the powers mentioned in subsection (1) in as full and ample
a measure as if he were empowered to do so by warrant issued
under that subsection.
(3) Any police officer may arrest without a warrant any person
whom he reasonably believes to have committed or to be committing
an offence against this Act, and every offence against this Act
shall be deemed to be seizable offence for the purposes of the law
for the time being in force relating to criminal procedure.
Obstruction of search
11. (1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he—
(a) assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays any police officer
in effecting entrance to any premises under this Act or
in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred
by this Act; or
(b) fails to comply with any lawful demands of a police
officer acting in the execution of his duty under this Act.