Malaysia legislation

Section 20

of NATIONAL FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 20

Section 50 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1), by inserting after the words

“the Director” the words “or by a forest officer authorized by the Director to issue a road permit”; and

(b)

by substituting for subsection (4) the following subsection:

“(4)  Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.”.

New section 50a