Section 20

A licensee or owner of rubber, raw rubber or rubber planting materials shall issue a written authority in the form and manner as determine by the Board to accompany every conveyance or transportation of rubber, raw rubber or rubber planting materials.

The written authority under subregulation (1) shall be made in three copies and shall be countersigned by the licensee or forwarding agent or any other person duly authorized by the licensee or owner or forwarding agent to receive the rubber, raw rubber or rubber planting materials for transportation.

The prescribed form shall be obtained from the Board by the payment of the requisite fee as determined by the Board from time to time.

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The original copy of the written authority shall be kept by licensee, forwarding agent or buyer taking delivery of the rubber, raw rubber or rubber planting materials, and the duplicate and triplicate copies shall be kept by the owner of the rubber, raw rubber or rubber planting materials at the premises specified in the licence for the purpose of inspection by the enforcement officer.

The owner, licensee, forwarding agent or buyer, as the case may be, shall on demand by an enforcement officer produce his or its respective copy of such written authority for the purpose of inspection.

The owner, licensee or forwarding agent shall not assign the written authority to any other person.

Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.