Malaysia legislation
Section 9
Section 9
“State Authority to replace land excised from permanent reserved forest
Section 15 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—
(a)
in relation to a major forest produce—
(i)
where the volume is less than five cubic metres, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; or
(ii)
where the volume is five cubic metres or more, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five years but not more than twenty years and to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit but not more than five million ringgit;
(b)
in relation to a terrestrial plant specified in the Third Schedule to the International Trade in
Endangered Species Act 2008, 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
(c)
in relation to a minor forest produce other than a terrestrial plant mentioned in paragraph (b), 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 19a