Malaysia legislation

Section 24

of *ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT 1974

Section 24

(2)

Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (1), a person shall be deemed to pollute any soil or surface of any land if—

(a)

he places in or on any soil or in any place where it may gain access to any soil any matter whether liquid, solid or gaseous; or

(b)

he establishes on any land a refuse damp, garbage tip, soil and rock disposal site, sludge deposit site, waste injection well or otherwise used land for the disposal of or a repository for solid or liquid wastes so as to be obnoxious or offensive to human beings or interfere with underground water or be detrimental to any beneficial use of the soil or the surface of the land.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both, and shall also be liable to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence continues after a notice by the

Director General requiring him to cease the act specified therein has been served on him.

Restrictions on pollution of inland waters

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