10 Laws of Malaysia ACT 88 (c) obtains, collects, records, publishes or communicates to any other person any secret official code word, countersign, password or any article, document or information which is calculated to be or might be or is intended to be directly or indirectly useful to a foreign country, he shall be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life. Prohibition of taking or making any document, measurement, sounding or survey of or within a prohibited place 4. (1) If any person takes or makes any document, measurement, sounding or survey of or within a prohibited place, he shall, unless he proves that the thing so taken or made is not prejudicial to the safety or interests of Malaysia and is not intended to be directly or indirectly useful to a foreign country, be guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than one year but not exceeding fourteen years. (2) (a) It shall not be an offence under subsection (1) to take or make, outside a prohibited place a photograph or drawing in which such place or part thereof is included, unless it is proved that the photograph or drawing is intended to be prejudicial to the safety or interests of Malaysia or to be directly or indirectly useful to a foreign country. (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to the taking or making of a photograph or drawing from an aircraft. (3) (a) It shall not be an offence to take or make any document, measurement, sounding or survey if such taking or making is done with the prior written permission of the competent authority. (b) In granting such written permission, the competent authority may impose as a condition that anything so taken or made must immediately be submitted to the competent authority for examination. The competent authority, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause to believe that the thing so taken or made contains matter or information prejudicial to the safety or interests of Malaysia and directly or indirectly useful to a foreign country, may order that the document be forfeited or that any part of such document be obliterated, erased or removed.