Malaysia legislation

Section 50

of EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

Section 50

Section 61 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsection (5) the following subsection:

“(5)  In this section, “analyst” means—

(a)

a registered chemist under the Chemists

Act 1975 [Act 158] or a person authorized under section 23a of such Act, or his employee working under his supervision;

(b)

a registered engineer under the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138];

(c)

a registered geologist under the Geologists

Act 2008 [Act 689];

(d)

an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed as such under any written law relating to weights and measures in force in Malaysia;

(e)

an agronomist;

(f)

a botanist;

(g)

a plant pathologist; and

(h)

a plant entomologist.”; and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:

“(5a)  The Minister may, after consultation with the relevant Minister, appoint any qualified person or class of qualified person by notification in the Gazette to be an analyst for the purpose of this section.”.

New section 61a

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