Malaysia legislation
Section 29
Section 29
No person shall, in or along any coastal area –
(a)
reclaim or drain any foreshore or seabed in a manner which has or is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the environment;
(b)
alter, erect, demolish, place, reconstruct or remove any structure or any part of a structure that is fixed in, on, under or over any foreshore or seabed in a manner which has or is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the environment;
(c)
damage, destroy or disturb any foreshore or seabed by excavating, drilling or tunnelling in a manner that has or is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the foreshore or seabed other than for the purpose of lawfully harvesting any plant or animal pursuant to any written law; or
(d)
deposit in, on or under any foreshore or seabed any pollutant in a manner that has or is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the foreshore or seabed.
Restrictions on activities affecting bed of lake or river