Environmental Quality Act 1974 · Updated to 7 Jul 2024 · Part VI · Miscellaneous
46D. No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of the seizure of any vehicle, ship, book, record, computer, industrial plant, equipment, scheduled waste, waste, environmentally hazardous substance, pollutant, licence, permit, certificate, or other document seized in the exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the costs of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief unless such seizure was made without reasonable cause.
vehicle
“vehicle” means a structure capable of moving or being moved or used for the conveyance of any person or thing and which maintains contact with the ground when in motion;
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Terms defined in s 2
computer
Defined · s 2“computer” means any device, identified by whatever name or description, for recording, storing, processing, retrieving or producing any information or matter, or for performing any one or more of those functions; and, where two or more computers carry out any one or more of those functions in combination, conjointly, or in succession, they shall be treated as a single computer;
document
Defined · s 2“document” means any matter expressed, described, or represented in whatever manner, upon any substance, material, thing or article, including any matter embodied in a disc, tape, film, sound track or device, by means of— (a) any letter, figure, mark, symbol, signal, sign or any other form of expression, description or representation; (b) a visual recording (whether of any still or moving image); (c) a sound recording, or any electronic, magnetic, mechanical or other recording, or by any sound, electronic impulse or other data; or (d) a recording, or transmission, over a distance of any matter by any, or any combination, of the means mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or in this paragraph;
industrial plant
Defined · s 2“industrial plant” means any plant used for the generation of power or for any industrial use or for the operation of ships, dredges, locomotives, cranes or other machines;
ship
Defined · s 2“ship” includes every description of vessel or craft or floating structure;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” means a structure capable of moving or being moved or used for the conveyance of any person or thing and which maintains contact with the ground when in motion;
waste
Defined · s 2“waste” includes any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste, or any matter whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour which is emitted, discharged or deposited in the environment in such volume, composition or manner as to cause pollution. Environmental Quality 17