Biosafety Act 2007 · Updated to 1 May 2019 · Part IV · Notification for Export, Contained Use and Import for Contained Use
Section 22
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
(1)
No person shall undertake any of the following activities without giving prior notification to the Board:
Board
“Board” means the National Biosafety Board established under subsection 4(1);
exportation of living modified organisms;
contained use involving living modified organisms;
contained use
“contained use” means any operation including research and development, production or manufacturing operation involving living modified organisms, or storage of living modified organisms, undertaken within a facility, installation or other physical structure such that it prevents the contact and impact of the living modified organisms on the external environment;
importation of living modified organisms for purposes of undertaking a contained use activity.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
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where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction;
where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Terms defined in s 3
Board
Defined · s 3“Board” means the National Biosafety Board established under subsection 4(1);
contained use
Defined · s 3“contained use” means any operation including research and development, production or manufacturing operation involving living modified organisms, or storage of living modified organisms, undertaken within a facility, installation or other physical structure such that it prevents the contact and impact of the living modified organisms on the external environment;
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