Malaysia legislation

Section 56

of NATIONAL FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 56

“Institution of prosecution

(a)

in paragraph (d)—

(i)

by deleting the words “found within a permanent reserved forest or State land”; and

(ii)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph;

(b)

in paragraph (e), by substituting for the full stop a semicolon; and

(c)

by inserting after paragraph (e) the following paragraphs:

“(f)  that any person found within or next to a permanent reserved forest or State land where the taking of forest produce has occurred without a licence issued under this Act, has taken the forest produce; and

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(g)

that any machinery, equipment or conveyance specified in the Sixth Schedule found within or next to a permanent reserved forest or State land where the taking of forest produce has occurred without a licence issued under this Act, is used for the taking of forest produce.”.

Amendment of section 106

Section 56 — NATIONAL FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022