Malaysia legislation

Section 54

of Fisheries (Adoption) Ordinance, 1994

Section 54

Other orders of the Court

(a)

order that the vessel (including its equipment, furniture, appurtenances, stores, cargo and fishing appliance), vehicle, fish, article or thing used in the commission of such offence or in relation to which such offence has been committed be forfeited;

(b)

order that any fish caught in the commission of such offences or the proceeds of the sale of any fish or other article of a perishable nature referred to in section 56 and any explosive, poison, pollutant, apparatus or prohibited gear used or intended to be used in the commission of such offence be forfeited; and

(c)

order the person, if he is the holder of any permit or licence issued under this Ordinance, to show cause why the licence or permit should not be cancelled or revoked by the

Court.

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(2)

Any vessel

(including its equipment, furniture, appurtenances, stores, cargo and fishing appliance), vehicle, article, thing, explosive, poison, pollutant, apparatus, prohibited gear or fish ordered to be forfeited under subsection (1) or deemed or ordered to be forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the State Fisheries

Officer may think fit.

General obligations of holders of licences or permit and persons involved in fisheries industries 55.—

(1)

The holder of any permit or licence issued under this

Ordinance shall—

(a)

produce the same for inspection by the State Fisheries

Officer or any authorized person or a police officer if so required by him;

(b)

furnish in such form as may be prescribed by the State

Fisheries Officer, all data, information or other details pertaining to any activity or business undertaken by him under the permit or licence.

(2)

Subsection

(a)

Any person who is involved in or undertakes any fisheries industries shall furnish to the State Fisheries Officer, in such form as may be prescribed by him, all data, statistics, information or other particulars relating to his business and incidental thereto.

(b)

For the purpose of this subsection, “fisheries industries”

means any business, undertaking or activity relating to the processing, marketing, transport, import or export of fish, or the manufacture of fish products, feed or drug for fish.

(3)

The holder of a permit or licence who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.

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Sale of fish or other article of a perishable nature