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Environmental Quality Act 1974 · s 19

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s 19Prohibition against causing vehicle, ship or premises to become prescribed conveyance or prescribed premises

(1)

No person shall—

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(a)

carry out any work on any vehicle or ship, or premises that would cause the vehicle or ship, or premises to become a prescribed conveyance or prescribed premises, as the case may be; or

(b)

construct on any land any building designed for or used for a purpose that would cause the land or building to become prescribed premises, without the prior written permission of the Director General.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five thousand ringgit and not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both, and shall also be liable to a further fine of 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.