Environmental Quality Act 1974 · Updated to 7 Jul 2024 · Part IV · Prohibition and Control of Pollution
Section 33
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where several persons are licensed under this Act to emit, discharge or deposit environmentally hazardous substances, pollutants or wastes into the same segment or element of environment and appears to the Director General that each of such persons is complying with the conditions of the licence but nevertheless the collective effect of the aggregate of such wastes is likely to cause a worsening of condition in that segment or element of the environment such as to affect the health, welfare or safety of human beings, or to threaten the existence of any animals, birds, wildlife, fish or other aquatic life, the
environmentally hazardous substances
“environmentally hazardous substances” means any natural or artificial substances including any raw material, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any living organism intended for any environmental protection, conservation and control activity, which can cause pollution;
Director General may, by notice serve on each of the licensees,
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 3;
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requiring each of them to abate such emission, discharge or deposit in the manner and within the period specified in the notice.
Any person who contravenes the notice issued under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both, and shall also be liable to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence continues after service on him of the notice specified in subsection (1).
Terms defined in s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 3;
environment
Defined · s 2“environment” means the physical factors of the surroundings of the human beings including land, water, atmosphere, climate, sound, odour, taste, the biological factors of animals and plants and the social factor of aesthetics;
environmentally hazardous substances
Defined · s 2“environmentally hazardous substances” means any natural or artificial substances including any raw material, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any living organism intended for any environmental protection, conservation and control activity, which can cause pollution;
pollutants
Defined · s 2“pollutants” means any natural or artificial substances, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any objectionable odour or noise or heat emitted, discharged or deposited or is likely to be emitted, discharged or deposited from any source which can directly or indirectly cause pollution and includes any environmentally hazardous substances;
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