Section 5D
Timber Industry Licence or Temporary Permit
of Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation Ordinance, 1973 ( Ord. No. 3/73 )
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Any person who establishes, builds, operates or manages any plant, factory or premises for carrying out any timber industry without a timber industry licence, or temporary permit issued under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with—
(a)
in the case of a first offence, a fine of not less than five hundred thousand ringgit and not exceeding five million ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both; and
(b)
in the case of a subsequent offence, a fine of not less than one million ringgit and not exceeding ten million ringgit, and imprisonment not exceeding seven years, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine of not exceeding five thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction:
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Provided that where the accused person proves that the building or operation of the timber mill was exclusively for domestic use, the punishment shall, upon conviction, be a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both and for a subsequent offence, shall be punished with a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit and imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
(2)
Any person who commits a breach of any terms and conditions of his timber industry licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit, and in the case of continuing offence, a further fine of not exceeding five thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
[Sub. Cap. A204/2022]