Section 5D

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

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.

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]