Malaysia legislation

Section 16

of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998

Section 16

Where any right or privilege is admitted or found to have subsisted at the time of the publication of the notification under section 11, the Controller shall—

(a)

regulate the exercise or enjoyment of such rights or privileges including directing the areas or places within a Wild

Life Sanctuary where the rights or privileges may be exercised or enjoyed and the manner of exercising or enjoyment thereof; or

(b)

with the approval of the Minister, proceed to extinguish such rights or privileges and pay compensation to the lawful claimant thereof or permit in consultation with the Director of

Lands and Surveys, the exercise of such rights and privileges in any other area outside the Wild Life Sanctuary.

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Assessment of compensation