Malaysia legislation

Section 27

of NATIONAL FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 27

Section 69 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both.”; and

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(b)

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(4)  Any person who contravenes subsection (2)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.”.

New section 70a

Section 27 — NATIONAL FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022