Citation Act 340 Date of Royal Assent 11 May 1988 | Date commenced 9 June 1988 | |
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The Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 (Malay: Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Perlucuthakan Harta) 1988), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to make provisions for offences in relation to property, and for the seizure and forfeiture of property, connected with activity related to offences under this Act, the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, or any foreign law corresponding to these Acts or to the provisions for offences under these Acts; for assistance to foreign countries in relation to matters connected with dangerous drugs; and for matters connected with the aforesaid provisions.
Contents
Preamble
Preamble of the Act provides the following considerations:
- WHEREAS action has been taken and further similar action is being threatened by a substantial body of persons both inside and outside Malaysia—
- to organize and carry out trafficking in dangerous drugs, including their importation into and exportation from Malaysia;
- to spread the dependence on dangerous drugs among various classes of people in Malaysia, thereby causing widespread detriment to public health, security, safety and morals; and
- to acquire property by trafficking in dangerous drugs and to utilize property for such trafficking;
- AND WHEREAS the action taken and threatened is prejudicial to public order in Malaysia;
- AND WHEREAS Parliament considers it necessary to stop such action;
Structure
The Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988, in its current form (1 December 2011), consists of 7 Parts containing 63 sections and 2 schedules (including no amendment).