Malaysia legislation
Section 26
Section 26
Subsection 38(1) of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for the words “Federal Territories of
Kuala Lumpur and Labuan” wherever appearing the words “Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya”;
(b)
by substituting for the words “development, management”
the words “development, management, research”;
(c)
in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words
“and management” the words “, management, conservation and research”;
(d)
in paragraph (d), by substituting for the words “traps or nets”
the words “fishing appliance”;
Fisheries (Amendment)
(e)
in the national language text, in paragraph (e), by substituting for the word “senggaraan” the word “penyelenggaraan”;
(f)
in paragraph (f), by substituting for the words “or sport”
the words “, sport or recreational fishing”;
(g)
in paragraph (g), by inserting after the words “certain species of fish” the words “or minimum weight and size of fish”;
(h)
in paragraph (l), by deleting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph;
(i)
in paragraph (m)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “development, management” the words “development, management, research”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph a semicolon; and
(j)
by inserting after paragraph (m) the following paragraphs:
“(n) to prescribe prohibited areas for the purposes of conservation and management of turtle and inland fisheries; and
(o)
to regulate fish release activity in order to prevent the release of species which does not originate from any part of Malaysia or from the Malaysian fisheries waters.”.
Amendment of section 39