Malaysia legislation

Section 17

of FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

Section 17

Section 16 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (3), by substituting for the words “telex or facsimile” the words “facsimile or any means of official electronic communication”;

(b)

in paragraph 4(b), by inserting after the word “fulfilled”

the words “and the master of the foreign fishing vessel shall notify an authorized officer by radio, facsimile or any means of official electronic communication in the

English or Malay Language”; and

(c)

by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:

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

or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Deletion of section 20