Environmental Quality Act 1974 · s 34B

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34B.
Prohibition against placing, deposit, etc., of scheduled wastes
(1) No person shall—
(a) place, deposit or dispose of, or cause or permit to place, deposit or dispose of, except at prescribed premises only, any scheduled wastes on land or into Malaysian waters;
(b) receive or send, or cause or permit to be received or sent any scheduled wastes in or out of Malaysia; or
(c) transit or cause or permit the transit of scheduled wastes, without any prior written approval of the Director General.
(2) The Director General may grant the written approval either subject to conditions or unconditionally.
(3) For the purpose of this Act, any act of receiving or sending, or transit of any scheduled wastes with an approval obtained through falsification, misrepresentation or fraud or which does not conform in a material way with the relevant documents in such form as may be prescribed, shall be an offence.
(4) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit and not exceeding ten million ringgit.

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s 34BProhibition against placing, deposit, etc., of scheduled wastes

(1)

No person shall—

(a)

place, deposit or dispose of, or cause or permit to place, deposit or dispose of, except at prescribed premises only, any scheduled wastes on land or into Malaysian waters;

(b)

receive or send, or cause or permit to be received or sent any scheduled wastes in or out of Malaysia; or

(c)

transit or cause or permit the transit of scheduled wastes, without any prior written approval of the Director General.

(2)

The Director General may grant the written approval either subject to conditions or unconditionally.

(3)

For the purpose of this Act, any act of receiving or sending, or transit of any scheduled wastes with an approval obtained through falsification, misrepresentation or fraud or which does not conform in a material way with the relevant documents in such form as may be prescribed, shall be an offence.

(4)

Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit and not exceeding ten million ringgit.