Section 16

Section 31 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3)  Any person who contravenes the notice issued under subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty thousand

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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)

or (2).”.