Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
(a)
girdles, marks, lops, taps or injures by fire, or otherwise any forest produce on any
State land; or
(b)
removes any forest produce found on any alienated land beyond the boundaries of that land, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Unless expressly authorised by or under the provisions of this Enactment, any person who cuts, collects, converts, fells or removes any forest produce on any State land shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be punished with a fine not less than twenty thousand ringgit but not exceeding five million ringgit and to imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but shall not exceed twenty years.
(3)
Any person convicted of an offence under this section may, in addition to any penalty imposed on the conviction, be ordered to pay, in respect of any forest produce unlawfully taken, to the
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(a)
a sum not exceeding ten times the royalty, fee and other sum due;
(b)
a sum not exceeding ten times the value of such forest produce; and
(c)
any other charges payable, and such sum ordered to be so paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine so imposed.
Licences.