Section 24D
Section 24D
If the Chief Conservator has reasonable grounds to believe that a holder of a licence or licence agreement or his agents or servants has contravened any of the provisions of this Enactment or any of the terms and conditions of the licence or licence agreement, he may, by giving a notice in writing to the holder thereof, or his agents or servants order that any or all logging operations within the area of the licence or licence agreement or any part or parts thereof shall cease with immediate effect.
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(2)
Anyone who refuses to comply with such notice in writing shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
The Chief Conservator may at any time cancel the notice in writing if he thinks fit to do so.
(4)
Unless such notice had previously been cancelled under subsection (3), the Chief Conservator shall within thirty days from the date of the issuance of the notice require the holder of the licence or the licence agreement to whom the notice has been issued to appear before him to show cause as to why his licence or licence agreement should not be suspended or cancelled.
(5)
Anyone who is required to appear to show cause under subsection (4) shall be notified in writing by the Chief Conservator the nature of the breach or offence committed by him and he may appear himself or by his authorised representative.
(6)
If, after the inquiry, the Chief Conservator is satisfied that the holder of the licence or licence agreement has contravened any of the provisions of this Enactment or rules made thereunder or any of the terms and conditions of the licence or licence agreement, he may –
(a)
cancel the licence or, in the case of a licence agreement, recommend to the
Minister to terminate it and the Minister may do so accordingly; or
(b)
suspend such licence or licence agreement for a further period he deems fit.
(7)
Anyone who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Chief Conservator made under subsection
(6)
may, within thirty days from the date such decision is received by him, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(8)
Any decision made by the Chief Conservator under subsection (6) shall take immediate effect notwithstanding any appeal to the Minister made under subsection (7).