Section 15
Improvement notices
of Animal Welfare Enactment 2015
(1)
Where an enforcement officer is of the opinion that an owner or a licensee fails to comply with section 14, he may serve on the owner or the licensee an improvement notice containing the following:
(a)
the details of the non-compliance of section 14;
(b)
the steps to be taken by the owner or the licensee;
(c)
set out a period for the owner or the licensee to take those steps referred to in paragraph (b); and
(d)
the effect of the failure to comply with the direction as specified in the improvement notice.
(2)
The owner or the licensee shall comply with the requirement of the notice referred to in subsection (1).
(3)
An enforcement officer may, as he thinks necessary, extend the compliance period specified in the improvement notice.
(4)
An owner or a licensee who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.