Malaysia legislation
Section 114
Section 114
―(1) The Forests Ordinance [Cap. 126 (1958 Ed.)] is repealed.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection
(1)
, all rules, orders, directions, appointments, proclamations, licences, rights, privileges or other acts or things made or done under or in accordance with the repealed Ordinance, shall continue in force until amended, revoked or replaced pursuant to this Ordinance.
(3)
Any prosecution, action, suit, claim, proceeding or inquiry which has been instituted, filed, commenced or made under the repealed Ordinance and is still pending and not finally disposed of or existing immediately before the date of commencement of this
Ordinance shall be continued and be determined or completed or disposed of in all respects under the provisions of the repealed
Ordinance as if this
Ordinance had not been enacted.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
FOREST PRODUCE TAKEN UNDER LICENCE
Rates of Royalty
(Section 45(1))
CLASS I (i)
A. Rates of royalty for logs:
(i)
Local processing
(a)
Single (flat) rate of RM 65.00 per cubic meter in round or RM 130.00 per cubic meter converted.
(ii)
Export
(a)
Certified area … RM 90 per cubic.
(b)
Non-certified area … RM 130 per cubic meter.
[Sub. Swk. L.N. 49/2022]
B. Rates of royalty for logs from planted forests:
(i)
Royalty rate for local processing: RM 5.00 per cubic meter.
(ii)
Royalty rate for export: RM 15.00 per cubic meter.
[Am. Swk. L.N. 248/2018, Sub. Swk. L.N. 49/2022]
C. Rates of Royalty: RM5.00 per tonne green weight.
Rhizophora spp.
Bakau
Bruguiera spp.
Berus (Lenggadai)
Excoecaria spp.
Buta-Buta
Carapa spp.
Nyireh
Other mangrove species
CLASS I (ii)
Shingles
(i)
Malagangai (Eusideroxylon malagangai) and Belian
(Eusideroxylon zwageri), per 1,000
…
…
…
(ii)
Other timbers, per 1,000
…
…
…
…
(iii)
Bark, per tonne green weight
…
…
…
…
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Bakau Poles
CLASS I (iii)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
less than 10 cm in diameter overbark at bigger end, with minimum length of 3.6m (12ft) per piece …
10 cm and less than 20 cm in diameter overbark at bigger end, with minimum length of 1.8m (6ft) per piece … …
… …. … …
… …
20 cm and less than 30 cm in diameter overbark at bigger end, with minimum length of 1.8m (6ft) per piece … …
… …
… … … … …
RM 1.00
RM15.00
CLASS II
Firewood, per tonne … … … … … … RM 2.00
Charcoal, per tonne … … … … … …
Firewood, partly converted into charcoal, per tonne green weight
Cordwood, other than for use as fuel, per tonne green weight
Wood or timber of whatever species, used for the manufacture
Of wood chips and other wood products, per tonne green weight …. …. …. …. … ….. ….. ….. … RM 5.00
CLASS III
Miscellaneous
Jelutong 10% of the current export value
Oil Palm
RM 5.00 / tree
Nibong
RM 2.00 / tree
Rubber
RM 5.00 per cubic meter
Other trunks and stumps
RM 2.00/tree
Other forest produce not 10% ad valorem specified above
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SECOND SCHEDULE
FOREST PRODUCE TAKEN UNDER LICENCE
Rates of Fees
(Section 48(1))
A.
TIMBER:
Per
Month
(a)
Logs, sawn and hewn stock
… … …
(b)
Poles
… … …
B.
FIREWOOD:
(a)
Mangrove and Casuarina (Ru)
… … …
(b)
Other sorts
… … …
C.
CHARCOAL:
(a)
Mangrove
… … …
(b)
Other sorts
… … …
D.
GETAH:
(a)
Jelutong
… … …
(b)
Other sorts
… … …
E.
BAMBOO
… … …
F.
BARK:
(a)
Mangrove
… … …
(b)
Other sorts
… … …
G.
NIBONG
… … …
H.
PALM
… … …
RM 10.00
H.
OTHER FOREST PRODUCED:
… … ...
Provided that where charcoal is produced in a kiln other than a kiln of a purely temporary nature there shall be charged in lieu of the fees specified for item C above a fee for such kiln of a sum in ringgit, calculated to the nearest ringgit, equivalent to one and a half times the square of the interior diameter of the kiln calculated in feet*.
* Now see also the Weights and Measures Act 1972 [Act 71].
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THIRD SCHEDULE
ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF LICENCE
Rates of Fees
(Section 48(2))
TYPES OF FOREST
TIMBER LICENCE
FEES
(RM)
ISSUANCE
RENEWAL
PROCESSING
CLASS A
A1: Pre Forest
Management
Certification
RM 20,000
20,000/year
RM 1,000
A2: Certified
Sustainable
Forest
Management
(SFM)
RM 30,000
A3:Others
24,000/year
CLASS B
B1:
Special
Licence
RM 3,000
3,000/year
B2:
Occupational
Ticket (OT)
CLASS C
C1:
Belian
(BT)
RM 1,000
1,000/year
C2: Mangrove
(PF)
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TYPES OF FOREST
TIMBER LICENCE
FEES
(RM)
ISSUANCE
RENEWAL PROCESSING
CLASS D
D1: Letter of
Authority
(LA)
Area (Hectares)
No Renewal RM 100
≤ 10
RM 100
>10- ≤
50
>50 - 100 RM 500
CLASS E
E1: Licence for
Planted
Forests
Area (Hectares)
RM 20,000 RM 1,000
> 5000
20,000
E2: Licence for
Planted
Forests
(Medium
Scale)
> 1000 -
≤ 5000
RM 3,000
E3: Licence for
Planted
Forests (Small
Scale)
≤ 1000
RM 100
”
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
SEIZABLE OFFENCES
(Section 71(1))
A. Forests Ordinance, 2015
(a)
Section 26
(b)
Section 28
(c)
Section 36(2)
(d)
Section 60(2)
(e)
[Deleted by Swk. L.N.161/2022]
(f)
Section 90
(g)
Section 93
(h)
Section 95
(i)
Section 96
(j)
Section 102(1)
(k)
Section 102(4)
(l)
Section 102(5)
(m)
Section 103
B. Forests Rules [Vol. VIII, (1953 Ed.) p. 459]
(a)
Rule 22(1)
(b)
Rule 22(2)
(c)
Rule 22(5)
[Am. Swk. L.N. 161/2022]
C. Forests (Planted Forests) Rules, 1997 [Swk. L.N. 6/97]
(a)
Rule 3(2)
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LAWS OF SARAWAK
FORESTS ORDINANCE, 2015
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending Law
Short Title
In force from
Swk. L.N. 248/2018
The Forests (Amendment To The
First
Schedule)
Notification,
2018 1.9.2018
Swk. L.N. 161/2022
The Forests (Amendment To The
Schedules) Notification, 2022 1.7.2018
Swk. L.N. 49/2022
The Forests (Amendment To The
First Schedules) Notification,
2022 1.1.2022
Cap. A201/2022
Forests (Amendment) Ordinance,
2022 1.12.2022
(except for the amendment of section 23
which come into force on 1.6.2023)
[List of Amendments]
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