Malaysia legislation

Section 36E

of *ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT 1974

Section 36E

The Fund shall be administered for the purpose of—

(a)

conducting, promoting and co-ordinating research study, environmental audit or any activity as the Minister thinks fit in relation to any aspect of pollution or the prevention thereof;

(b)

recovering of waste, or removing, dispersing, destroying, cleaning, disposing of or mitigating pollution;

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(c)

preventing or combatting the following occurrences:

(i)

a spillage discharge or dumping of oil;

(ii)

a discharge, deposit or dumping, of environmentally hazardous substances; or

(iii)

a discharge, deposit or dumping, of waste; and

(d)

encouraging conservation measures against any damage that may be caused by any of the occurrences spelt out under subparagraph (c)(i), (ii) or (iii).