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Section 8

Amendment of section 23

of Environmental Quality (Amendment) Act 2024

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Section 8

Section 23 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand 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 a notice by the

Director General requiring him to cease the act specified therein has been served on him.”.