Malaysian Palm Oil Board Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VI · Enforcement
56. Forfeiture or release of seized oil palm product, etc.
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oil palm product
“oil palm product” means any product obtained directly from the oil palm or wholly or partly manufactured or derived from such product and includes palm oil, palm kernel, palm kernel cake, oil palm shell, palm fatty acids, oil palm planting material, oil palm fruit, oil palm fibre, oil palm empty fruit bunches, oil palm fronds, oil palm trunks, oil palm roots, oil palm based fibreboards, oil palm based pulp and paper and oil palm based chemicals;
The court shall order the forfeiture of the oil palm product or the proceeds of sale thereof, or the conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that an offence under this Act has been committed and that the oil palm product or the proceeds of sale thereof, or the conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article was the subject matter of or was used in the commission of the offence, notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted of such offence.
conveyance
“conveyance” means any vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft or any other mode of transport whether by air, sea or land;
If no prosecution is to be instituted with regard to any oil palm product or the proceeds of sale thereof, or any conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article seized under this Act, the authorized officer in whose custody it is held shall notify the person from whom the oil palm product or the proceeds of sale thereof, or the conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article was seized of that fact and of the provisions of section 57.
A notice under subsection (3) shall be in writing and shall be sent to the last known address of the person concerned.
If no claim is made under section 57 within thirty days from the date of service of the notice referred to in subsection (3), the oil palm product or the proceeds of sale thereof, or the conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document or other article seized shall be taken and deemed to be forfeited at the expiration of that period.