Customs Order, 2006 · As enacted · Part XIV
Section 144
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person, not being an officer of customs, who without the permission of the Controller unlawfully wears, uses, possesses or displays any prescribed uniform or badge or authority card, or any dress having the appearance of or bearing the distinctive marks of such uniform, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fi.ne not exceeding $8,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
officer of customs
"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;
Every officer of customs who by resignation, dismissal, discharge or otherwise leaves the Royal Customs and Excise Department shall, before leaving, deliver up in good order any accoutrement, uniform or other article supplied to 669
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Any person neglecting so to deliver up such article, property or document shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both, and in addition thereto shall be liable to pay the value of the article or property not delivered up, which value shall be ascertained in a summary manner by the same court by which the person was convicted, where it shall be recoverable as a fine.
Penalty for offering or receiving bribes and abuse of authority.
Terms defined in s 2
Controller
Defined · s 2"Controller" means the Controller of Customs and Excise appointed under subsection (1) of section 3, and includes the Deputy Controller of Customs and Excise;
officer of customs
Defined · s 2"officer of customs" means- (a) the Controller; (b) any Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 3; and (c) the persons authorised by section 5 to exercise the powers of senior officers of customs or of officers of customs and any person appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to act as an officer of customs;