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set up any fish trap or cage; or

carry out fishing or attempt to fish; or

breed or attempt to breed any fish or grow, cultivate or rear any aquatic life; or

carry on any research on fish or aquatic life; or

build or cause to be built any structure, jetty or any other premises on or over the waters; or

store, deposit or assemble any timber logs or forest produce on the banks or side of any rivers, stream, lake, pond where the fisheries sanctuary is located, or throw or discharge any refuse or waste or polluting substance into the fisheries sanctuary; or

except in any case of emergency, anchor or berth any vessel; or

discharge or cause to be discharged, any poisonous or deleterious substances or liquid into the waters within the fisheries sanctuary; or

remove any fish or aquatic life from the fisheries sanctuary; or

carry out or perform any of the acts or activities listed in paragraphs (a) to (i) in contravention or breach of any term or condition imposed by the State Fisheries Officer in a permit issued to him for undertaking any of the said acts or activities.

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Any person who contravenes any of the provisions in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.

Power to declare prohibited fishing zone