Malaysia legislation
Section 20
of ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND BENEFIT SHARING ACT 2017
Section 20
No person issued with a permit for non-commercial purpose, and no person or institution referred to in paragraphs 18(a) and
(b)
and the transferee referred to in subsection 19(2) shall carry out, or allow others to carry out, research and development for commercial purposes on any biological resource or traditional knowledge associated with the biological resource, unless the person obtains a permit for commercial or potential commercial purpose under section 13 and a benefit sharing agreement has been entered into in accordance with section 22.
Possession, etc., of biological resource and traditional knowledge associated with biological resource