Environmental Quality Act 1974 · Updated to 7 Jul 2024 · Part IV · Prohibition and Control of Pollution
34B. Prohibition against placing, deposit, etc., of scheduled wastes
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person shall—
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;
receive or send, or cause or permit to be received or sent any scheduled wastes in or out of Malaysia; or
transit or cause or permit the transit of scheduled wastes, without any prior written approval of the Director General.
The Director General may grant the written approval either subject to conditions or unconditionally.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 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.
transit
“transit” means the continuous passage from one border to another border through Malaysian territory and waters without storage;
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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Terms defined in s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 3;
prescribed
Defined · s 2“prescribed” means prescribed by or under this Act or continued in operation by this Act;
prescribed premises
Defined · s 2“prescribed premises” means any premises prescribed by the Minister under section 18;
scheduled wastes
Defined · s 2“scheduled wastes” means any waste prescribed by the Minister in the regulations as scheduled wastes;
transit
Defined · s 2“transit” means the continuous passage from one border to another border through Malaysian territory and waters without storage;
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