Section 50 — Forest Timber Enactment 2015

(1)

The Minister may make regulations as may be expedient or necessary for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Enactment.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations -

(a)

to prescribe all matters relating to registration under this Enactment;

(b)

to prescribe offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used in, and the method and procedure for, compounding such offences;

(c)

to prescribe the procedures for taking, analysing and dealing with samples;

(d)

to prescribe the procedure to be followed and the form to be used in the exportation or importation of timber;

(e)

to prescribe the procedure for the recognition, certification and endorsement relating to the timber industry;

(f)

to prescribe the procedure for timber verification services for any person who applies for any technical and timber verification advisory services;

(g)

to determine the standards of processing and methods of seasoning, preserving, bundling or packaging timber;

(h)

to provide for the maintenance of proper standards of conduct in the carrying out of the timber trade and for dealing with infringements thereof;

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(i)

to prescribe the fees and charges payable under this Enactment;

and

(j)

to all matters and things required or authorized by this Enactment to be prescribed or provided, for the carrying out of, or giving full effect to, the provisions of this Enactment.

(3)

Any regulations made under this Enactment may provide for any act or omission in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may provide for penalties of a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

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