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Section 24

Temporary return of conveyance, etc., seized

of Forest Timber Enactment 2015

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 24 of 52
Section 24

(1)

Where any conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is seized under this Enactment, the Director may temporarily return the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the owner of the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment or the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director may impose, and subject in any case, to sufficient security being furnished to the satisfaction of the Director that the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment shall be surrendered to the Director on demand and that such terms and conditions, if any, shall be complied with.

(2)

Where any seized conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is temporarily returned under subsection (1), a person who -

(a)

fails, on demand, to surrender the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the Director; or

(b)

contravenes any of the terms or conditions imposed under subsection (1), commits of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.