Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
Where any land is excised under section 11 the State Authority shall, wherever possible and if it is satisfied that it is in the national interest so to do having regard to—
(a)
the need for soil and water conservation, biodiversity and other environmental consideration;
(b)
the need to sustain timber production in the State in order to meet the requirements of the forest industry;
(c)
the economic development of the State; and
(d)
the availability of suitable land, constitute in accordance with section 7 an approximately equal area of land a permanent reserved forest.
State Authority to notify in the Gazette any excision of land from permanent reserved forest