Malaysia legislation

Section 7

of FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

Section 7

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 3

the following section:

“Responsibility of Director General 3a.  (1)  The Director General shall be responsible for the general supervision of all matters relating to fisheries under this Act except, subject to subsection 3(1), matters relating to turtles and inland fisheries in the States of Malaysia.

(2)

The Director General may, in writing, delegate the exercise of any or all of the powers and functions conferred upon him by this Act to such fisheries officers or deputy fisheries officers as he may think fit.

(3)

The delegation under this section shall not preclude the Director General himself from performing or exercising any of the powers or duties so delegated at any time.”.

Amendment of section 6