Malaysia legislation

Section 19

of ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024

Section 19

Section 33 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2)  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).”.

Section 19 — AKTA KUALITI ALAM SEKELILING (PINDAAN) 2024