Section 66
Section 66
All forest produce in respect of which royalty, premium, cess or other charges are payable to the State Authority shall be measured by a forest officer prior to its removal from the licence area upon which it is taken or, if the licence under which it is taken provides otherwise, then such measurement shall be made at the place and time specified in the licence.
(2)
Where it is provided in the licence that the forest produce shall be measured at a place outside the licence area, the Director may specify the route by which the forest produce shall be transported to such place for the purpose of measurement.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), the Director may, at any time, specify a place or time for the measurement, or prescribe a route for the transportation, of forest produce other than the place, time or route specified in subsection (1) or (2).
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(4)
Any person—
(a)
who removes any forest produce from a licence area in contravention of subsection (1);
(b)
who, in transporting any forest produce from a licence area to a place of measurement specified by the Director under subsection (3), without reasonable excuse, use a route different from that prescribed by the Director under subsection (2) or (3); or
(c)
who, without reasonable excuse, removes any forest produce from a licence area to a place other than a place for the measurement of such forest produce as specified by the
Director under subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding *fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding **five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.